<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Anders <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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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></blockquote><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>RafaĆ</div></div>
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