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The Logic of Political Survival (2002) [pdf]
- mlevental 7y agotalk 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
- ineedasername 7y agoThis 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.
- mlevental 7y agoon the contrary it does because I'm offering to pay for a summary - something that is manifestly useful discussion fodder
- ineedasername 7y agoAnd if the offer and the rest of your comment represented a genuine attempt rather than a sarcastic dismissal, then it might actually contribute something.
- rilindo 7y agoThese are the same authors who then wrote the Dictator's handbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs