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68: Robert Michels - The Iron Law of Oligarchy

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Politics of Coercion

Nichols has a strange grudging respect for the old aristocracy's, right? We discussed how they had more turnover in practice than the democratic parties of his time. He also says that the closed off elites of an aristocratic patriciate were often not paid for their roles and titles. These titles and positions could be of a ceremonial nature, but oftentimes involved a great deal of devotion to duty.

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