The author was part of an institution in Facist Italy that espoused the superhumanism of these “elites” over the little people as one of their core tenants: “The psychological difference that sets elites apart is that they have personal resources, for instance intelligence and skills, and a vested interest in the government; whilst the rest are incompetent and do not have the capabilities to govern themselves, the elite are resourceful and strive to make the government work.”

Wild life path really. Started as a socialist and syndicalist, and then stuff happened (waving hands) and he joined the Mussolini fascists and died before he could see what fascism would do to Europe. Looks like he got more involved with eugenics and elite theory and blue pilled himself to accept fascism as the solution to the problems with democracy and socialism he focused on earlier in his life.

I'm impressed by the author's gall in naming his idea an "iron law", without bothering to test how true it is. I suppose it'd get talked about a lot less if he had named it simply "Michel's Conjecture of Oligarchy".