Progressive Elites' Downfall： Foxes Failed to Become Lions ｜ 3⧸13⧸25
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Summary
The political theorist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto identified two main personality types among ruling elites: the foxes and the lions. Foxes govern through manipulation and innovation, while lions rely on tradition and force. In a healthy civilization, power circulates between these two types, allowing a balance that meets the needs of society at any given time.
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The political theorist and sociologist Vilfredo Pareto identified two main personality types among ruling elites.
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Foxes govern through manipulation and innovation, while lions rely on tradition and force.
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In a healthy civilization, power circulates between these two types,
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allowing a balance that meets the needs of society at any given time.
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For decades, Western nations have been dominated by foxes,
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However, as populist movements began challenging their grip on power,
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the ruling class attempted to pivot to hard power.
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The American left responded with riots, imprisonment of political opponents,
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and even an assassination attempt on the populist presidential candidate.
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Yet these efforts failed, and Donald Trump won office with a decisive mandate.
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Now, after their failed shift toward coercion, progressives find themselves disoriented and divided.
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Their system of information control has been disrupted,
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and their attempts at brute force have backfired,
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In his book, The Mind and Society, Pareto explained that every civilization has a ruling class,
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and that ruling class can generally be divided into two groups.
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The first type, type 1 residues, or foxes, manipulates information and adapts quickly to shift social dynamics.
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The second type, the type 2 residues, or lions, is patriotic, courageous,
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and committed to preserving identity and tradition.
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and thrive in times when societies must carve out territory,
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settle new lands, or defend borders from external threats.
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Lions typically rule through hierarchical structures and strategic application of force,
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maintaining stability through a sense of duty and order.
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In contrast, foxes rely on deception and social engineering to achieve their ends.
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When either group dominates for too long without the other's influence,
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societies risk stagnation, corruption, or collapse.
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skilled at manipulating ideas and combining concepts.
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which allows them to envision and implement radical changes.
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as the challenges faced by elites in advanced societies
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using information control and bureaucratic systems to shape society.
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Pareto argued that functional societies must maintain a balance between these two elite types.
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When a country overwhelmingly favors one over the other,
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For decades, Western nations have prioritized foxes while marginalizing lions in its elite structures.
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Patriotic, strong, and tradition-oriented individuals have been pushed aside,
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while cunning and manipulative figures have been elevated.
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This large imbalance has led to an elite class that excludes many of its most capable potential leaders
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simply because those in power share a similar mindset.
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Foxes rule through manipulation and soft power,
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Their preferred tactics involve getting political opponents fired,
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or using public shame rather than resorting to direct force.
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News media, entertainment, and academia serve as their primary tools,
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while public humiliation remains their most effective weapon.
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By carefully adjusting algorithmic information delivery
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and forging partnerships between corporations and intelligence agencies,
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Fox-style elites can censor dissidents without technically violating civil rights
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Soft power allows elites to establish totalitarian practices
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without provoking the direct resistance that comes with brute force.
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But it depends on the credibility and prestige of the institutions enforcing it.
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People comply with these institutions because defying them
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losing jobs, friendships, and status in polite society.
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To maintain control, Foxes rely on institutions that command, respect, and influence.
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When the barbecue's lit, but there's nothing to grill.
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When the in-laws decide that, actually, they will stay for dinner.
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These institutions can manipulate narratives and even push absurd claims on occasion,
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but overreaching regularly threatens their credibility.
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This became most evident during the pandemic lockdowns when scientific, medical, and government
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authorities were caught lying so frequently that much of the public just stopped trusting
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At a certain point, the cost of compliance with these institutions' demands outweighed the
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Faced with growing dissent, the Foxes began to panic.
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As their grip on power weakened, the Foxes turned to new tactics to reassert control.
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First came the violence of Black Lives Matter and Antifa, two groups that effectively serve
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This mob violence cloaked in plausible deniability aimed to intimidate those that had abandoned institutional
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Once the election was secured, Democrats shifted to more overt hard-power tactics, deploying the
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FBI to monitor church services and intimidate parents at school board meetings.
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Fearful of losing control, the Fox-style elite attempted to rule like lions.
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Nowhere was this desperation more evident than in the left's relentless attempts to stop
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The real estate tycoon provoked such an unhinged response that the progressives sought to bankrupt
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him, remove him from the ballot, imprison him, and even assassinate him.
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These blatant displays of force resembled tactics used by a third-world dictator, but a wounded
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animal is the most dangerous, and Foxes are willing to do anything to hold on to power.
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Despite their best efforts, both soft power censorship and hard power crackdowns failed.
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Trump secured a resounding mandate in both the popular vote and the electoral college.
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At this point, Democrats faced a stark choice, embrace full-scale authoritarian repression or
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allow the duly elected Republican to take office.
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Their manipulation of information had collapsed.
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Their attempts to jail or kill Trump had backfired.
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In the end, Foxes both lacked the skill and the resolve required for violence.
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They are neither suited for nor adept at wielding force, and their sudden shift towards hard power
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Now that the attempt to transition to brute force has failed, the left is in disarray.
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The American people rejected both manipulation and coercion.
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For now, progressives seem trapped in a state of confusion, waging an internal battle between
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radical activists pushing for even more extreme measures and establishment scrambling to rein
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Their failure to shift from soft power to hard power has left them completely demoralized.
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