Actually two.
First up on her Twitter feed:
Have to say, I’m coming to the conclusion that anyone who loudly claims to be a disinformation expert is probably a purveyor of disinformation instead. The term itself grates me. It’s like saying you’re an expert in lying. Of course takes one to know one. https://t.co/s3Gi91kwkR
— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) April 14, 2022
That is a more specific corollary to our own aphorism, "The less virtue, the more signaling."
And at The Blind Spot, I. Kaminska, Proprietor:
Anacyclosis Watch: Why the middle class underpins democracy
In The Blind Spot’s first post introducing the concept of Anacyclosis, Tim Ferguson, founder of the Anacyclosis Institute, explained how the ancient Greek theory outlines the probable and natural sequence of political evolution.
As that post concluded, authentic democracy – reflecting but one phase in this broader sequence – requires a stable, independent and self-sufficient middle class to power it.
In this post, the second of a multipart series, Ferguson highlights how Anacyclosis has affected constitutional thinking, raising the question of whether America’s constitution can continue to withstand the forces of Anacyclosis.
Can Anacyclosis be stopped?
To recap, Anacyclosis describes the probable sequence of political evolution in a secure political system.
According to Polybius’s version of the cycle, political society originates in primitive monarchy, coalesces into kingship, and then degenerates into tyranny. The state’s leading men subdue the monarchy, establishing aristocracy. Their own descendants are in turn corrupted, transforming aristocracy into oligarchy. But then the people eventually take matters into their own hands, creating democracy. Their descendants, however, are likewise corrupted, perverting democracy into mob-rule.
This sequence resolves into a cycle when, at the end, Polybius says the people “degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch.”...
....MUCH MORE
She writes a good introduction, eh?
Unfortunately for her, some years ago she set the bar rather high and it is going to be tough to top this, from 2014:
"I am on the train from Geneva to Zurich, bound for the annual forecasting dinner of the Swiss Chartered Financial Analyst society..."
Ferguson isn't bad either. I've always been partial to the "To recap..." approach, it shows respect for the reader, akin to the movie maker's technique of entering mid-scene.
The audience is smart, they'll get their bearings and figure-it-out in 3...2...1...ACTION!
