Editing Extractive Elite (section)

== Characteristics ==
Key features associated with the Extractive Elite include:

* '''Rent-seeking and extraction''': Reliance on privileges and institutional rents rather than value creation.  
* '''Institutional capture''': Domination of organizations such as academia, government, and science agencies.  
* '''Displacement of True Elites''': Suppression or marginalization of productive, dissenting, or public-spirited elites.  
* '''Opacity and lack of accountability''': Preference for insider networks and avoidance of scrutiny.  
* '''Adaptation to stagnation''': Greater reliance on extraction under conditions of slower economic growth.  
* '''Narrative control''': Shaping public perceptions to entrench dominance, enforce "consensus", and suppress challengers.  
* '''Selective tolerance''': Offering multiple opportunities to loyalists while excluding dissenters.