Elite adoption of foreign culture can provoke mass violence

Evidence

Mosca propounded Pareto’s theory of elite-circulation earlier, though less elaborately. He also argued that the resort to violence is often a reaction to the estrangement of elites from masses: an elite’s adoption of foreign ways—a kind of cultural deprivation. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4293

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly extends the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ theme: elite adoption of foreign styles as a trigger for mass resentment and moral/political reaction.
• SEED: Angle: foreign-style elites across history (Roman Hellenizers, Safavid court Persian, colonial-educated natives) as a recurring incitement to violence — a comparative piece on cultural estrangement as political fuel.