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elite overproduction

noun

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  1. A situation in which there are more wealthy, well-educated, and ambitious elite…

    A situation in which there are more wealthy, well-educated, and ambitious elite individuals than can be absorbed by the existing positions of power, authority, and prestige.

    • In such cases, it may take the elites rather a long time to thin their ranks to the point where the problem of elite overproduction is abated and a new cycle can begin.
    • The conflicts that we hear among local elites and in provincial cities, especially from the late first century CE onward, could well have resulted from such a situation of elite overproduction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elite overproduction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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