@matttutt@mastodon.social Underlying this is a #RegimeOfPrivilege that imposes cycles of privilege accumulation—and the mediocrity that stems from such privilege—cycles that begin and end with a crash, collapse, war, or revolution. Within each cycle, everything drifts toward chaos, yet from the outside, it runs like clockwork. This applies equally to capitalism, communism, or the State— that would function far better under a merit-based regime.