The Lesson Of Empires: Once Privilege Limits Social Mobility, Collapse Is Inevitable

Monday, April 18, 2016
By Paul Martin

by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
ZeroHedge.com
04/18/2016

The next few years will strip away the illusions of “growth” and reveal which dominates our society and economy: privilege or social mobility.

Among the many lessons of empires is one shared by virtually every empire: once the privileged few limit the rise of those from humble origins (i.e. social mobility), the empire is doomed to rising instability and collapse.

Just as a reminder of how wealth and income are increasingly concentrated in the top of the wealth/power pyramid:

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