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Try to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown
An 18-minute video by CGP Grey about social choice and politics, on the Game theory shelf. It came up in 4 Reddit threads, in r/CGPGrey.
CGP Grey, Video, 18 min, 2016, on the Game theory shelf
Models how rulers stay in power by managing the incentives of key supporters (selectorate theory).
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Reddit discussion debates how far the model generalizes.







