13 Axioms of Political Hyper-Realism: Escaping Perpetual Political Disappointment

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thepast33yrs In this video, we will attempt to distill out 13 Axioms that govern a Worldview that we will call Political Hyper-Realism. Distilled from Elite Theory, General Systems Theory, Complexity Science, and the field of Scientific Propaganda, these Axioms will seek to shed light on the basic operating principles of Political Reality—a reality dominated by instrumental utility and the pursuit thereof by skilled, agentic, lever-pulling elites who compete with one another for dominance within the all-encompassing area of Politics and Geopolitics. And, perhaps, using this analytical toolkit, we can better preserve our cognitive sovereignty, our sanity, escape the cycle of perpetual political disappointment, and slowly inure and inoculate ourselves against the non-stop informational and psychological warfare that we are exposed to daily on the Internet. Understanding how something works takes the magic away, but some people don’t care much for magic—if you’re someone who instead tries and prefers to understand how things work on a cold and abstract systems level—to demystify politics—this video is for you. #politicalscience, #psychology, #sociology, #fridaythe13th, #elitetheory, #complexsystems, #propaganda, #power SOURCES: For a concise summary of Elite Theory, including Mosca, Pareto, Michels, and Jouvenel, read Parvini’s “The Populist Delusion,” which is available on Amazon. Neema Parvini, The Populist Delusion, 2022, Imperium Press For a good book on General Systems Theory, read Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “General System Theory.” Ludwig von Bertalanffy, General Systems Theory, 1969, George Brazilier Inc. Vilfredo Pareto, The Mind & Society, 1935 (English Translation), Harcourt, Brace & Co. Bertrand de Jouvenel, On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth, 1945, Currently Published by Liberty Fund via arrangement with Random House/Hutchinson and Viking Penguin/Penguin USA Inc. Edward L. Bernays, Crystallizing Public Opinion, 1923, Liveright Publishing Co. St. Louis FRED, (https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2023/03/when-comparing-wages-and-worker-productivity-the-price-measure-matters/) New York Fed, Household Debt & Credit Report (Q4:2024), (https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc.html) US M2 Money Supply, St Louis FRED, (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL) IMAGES: Wikipedia, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us) Wikicommons, User: Semiprof, Vector Field, (Color Changed, removed background in some cases) Gradient 99, CC BY-SA 3.0 UP, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gradient99.png Wikicommons, Anti-Fragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fair Use, (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Antifragile.png) Library of Congress, [Statue of Liberty, New York, illuminated at night], Public Domain, 1909, ds 16366 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.16366 (Changed Color)