The Logic of Political Survival (2002) [pdf]

Post by mlevental » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 11:05 PM UTC

Post by mlevental » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 11:12 PM UTC

ineedasername wrote: post #3

mlevental wrote: post #2

talk about virtue signaling; people on here will upvote anything that's vaguely associated with an ivy. 962 pages of dense reasoning/argument and I'm supposed to believe this has broad interest. I'll Bitcoin you $5 if you've read it and can give me 200 words on what it's about

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Post by ineedasername » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 11:18 PM UTC

mlevental wrote: post #4

ineedasername wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This sort of comment doesn't contribute to any discussion. If you feel this posting isn't worthy of discussion on HN, you have the option of flagging it.

on the contrary it does because I'm offering to pay for a summary - something that is manifestly useful discussion fodder

Post by mlevental » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 11:49 PM UTC

rilindo wrote: post #5

These are the same authors who then wrote the Dictator's handbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook CPG Grey has a summary of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs