#2 is a very important principle that spreads across all kinds of areas and domains. The top of the pyramid almost by definition tends to monopolize domain-specific talent, therefore the only revolutions that ever work are those that <i>convince the elite</i> rather than those that purge them.<p>Luckily elites are just human beings, not shape-shifting reptiles from space, and can be convinced with rational arguments and&#x2F;or human empathy in the same way and to the same extent anyone else can.