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Re:Why Rent Is So High and Pay So Low by rm_-rf_slash on Friday August 07, 2015 @07:41PM (#10025665)
This split is why I am not sold on why the rich or ruling classes are more clever than any other point in time, and not simply enabled by technology. I would like to see evidence of increased cleverness over time divorced from technological enabling.
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Re:Why Rent Is So High and Pay So Low by danieltillett on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:00PM (#10025734)
Actually all professions are much more stratified by intelligence than in the past (this is side effect of meritocracy). There is lots of research on this - this is just the first paper I found on google [1].

In regards the rulers have a look at their educational background. In the roles that really matter they are all very clever.

1. https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/daniel.nettle/britishjournalpsyc...

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