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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I don't know. I honestly wonder about
the meme diversity in past elite groups. Most examples I can think
of were very homogeneous. Perhaps the restoration era British
elite were unusual in the existence of the protestant and catholic
views, except that I think that was more political standpoints.
Maybe in some periods the Athenian agora was relatively diverse,
but there are tricky magnification effects here since we mostly
know it from a few sources. <br>
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Elites tend to be small and recruited from similar backgrounds, so
there is not much room for natural divergence. The cost of
fundamental conflicts can be severe (normal political conflict is
bad enough, disagreement on the very foundations of how a society
is run is very destructive). <br>
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The interesting question is how to set up systems that enable
diverse elites, or to investigate what other possibilities are
open. <br>
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On 2016-08-04 05:49, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:<br>
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<div>Lack of ideological diversity among elites,
the almost complete takeover of positions of
power by politically correct cadres in a
number of countries, is therefore a major flaw
of the current global political system.</div>
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What periods or places have shown ideological diversity
among elites?</div>
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<div>### Perhaps I should have left out the word "current"
from my post. Indeed, as you imply, ideological purity
tended to become a touchstone of belonging to elites
throughout history and today's world is not much different
from empires past.</div>
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<div>The one salient difference might be the homogenising
influence of media, both mass and social. Ideology spreads
now more easily between countries, increasing the risk of
forming a world government at some point.</div>
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<div>Rafał</div>
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Oxford Martin School
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