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Try to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown
CGP Grey · Oct 24, 2016 · 18m 13s
What this video covers
CGP Grey's animated adaptation of The Dictator's Handbook, explaining how rulers stay in power by keeping a small group of key supporters happy rather than ruling fairly. It lays out selectorate theory and how resources shape regimes.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN treats it as the standard short summary of how power and political incentives work, applied to governments, companies and workplaces.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“here's a great video, Rules for Rulers, which is basically a video TL;DR of "The Dictator's Handbook”
“CGPGrey's rules for rulers is a very good outline of this and other related topics”
“CGP Grey's excellent Rules for Rulers video”