Description:

You either see life as a race or as a rodeo. If you see life as a race you will most likely not be invited to join aristocracy, and instead aspire to join it, or to form your own aristocracy. Those that see life as a race typically do not want to be welcomed into the preexisting aristocracy, and instead want to replace it. To do so, those that see life as a race will try to form their own minoritarian power. A minoritarian nation is ruled by a minority that either sees themselves as elite, or promotes a vision of equality. While the elite oftentimes appear to promote a vision of equality, they are actually promoting uniformity in disguise, making themselves the arbiters of morality in the process.    

Rather than try to win the race, aristocrats strive to change the rules of the game. Those that see life as a rodeo do not strive to join an aristocracy because they are already a part of the aristocracy. To prevent their reign from ending, aristocrats guide those beneath them to fight against each other. Aristocrats clinically manipulate the emotions of those beneath them with advertising, propaganda, and other forms of frame control, in order to guarantee the longevity of their reign.  

Like the Eros archetype, you represent the sexy, the desirable, and the attractive, and may aspire to surround yourself with others that represent the Eros archetype as well. You also likely embody the Epiphron archetype and represent shrewdness, prudence, and carefulness. Those that are able to channel both archetypes tend to excel in using charm, indirection, misdirection, seduction, deception, understatement, and innuendo.

Traits:

Effective, Tenacious, Resourceful, Cunning, Sly, Machiavellian, Influential, Determined, Materialistic

Conscience:

Aristocrats appoint an elite group of individuals to be the voice of their conscience. This elite group can come in many variations; depending on the variation, their conscience changes.  

Variations:

Equalist Minoritarian nation

• Rule by the meek

• Rule by the oppressed

• Rule by the stupid

• Rule by the ugly

• Rule by the enchanted

• Rule by the insane

• Rule by the deceptive

Elitist Minoritarian nation

• Rule by the strong

• Rule by social connections

• Rule by wealthy

• Rule by priestly class

• Rule by the wise

• Rule by the honorable

• Rule by the immoral

• Rule by the beautiful

• Rule by the disillusioned

Susceptibility:

Aristocracies can be effective and rewarding for those in the inner circle, but it can also cause devastating outcomes for those on the outskirts. If a nepotistic aristocracy holds the keys of authority, there will be a lack of social mobility, which will spawn severe inequality. Once the inequality reaches a tipping point, a revolt or revolution may take place, which often perpetuates the ochlocracy to aristocracy cycle.  

Implications: 

• Explanation for existence: Likely believes that the universe was randomly created, or spontaneously emerged. Often believes in the Big Bang theory. Rarely believes that a group of independent forces ordered the universe out of chaos. Likely to believe that it's impossible to prove the original cause of the universe.  

• Conceptual model of the universe/cosmos: Singular beginning, inevitable ending, finite universe, inanimate universe. 

• Idea of consciousness: We are our body, and when our body dies our death is permanent. 

• Justification for life’s suffering: Most likely believes that there is no justification for life’s suffering. 

• Theory of perception: Can either believe that their perception of reality is itself, or that all they can experience of reality is their perception of it. 

• Sensorium elicitation process: If they feel that anyone is challenging their constructed self-concept, they will become defensive, passive-aggressive, and vindictive. Likely believes that consciousness is an epiphenomenon of electrical signals. Often pursues pleasure, enjoys extravagance, and looks down on those that are frugal. As a result they are likely to scoff at those that mention anything immaterial, especially anything related to the soul. Likely believes in downwards causality and trickle-down economics.

• Thought structuring process: Since they are often driven by status, Aristocrats often view others as being either in or out of their inner circle. They are likely to be moral nihilists and believe that morals only exist to control others. They likely believe that the ends justify the means. They are rhetorically talented and likely engage in under the radar, implicative power struggles. 

• Emotion formulation process: Can be cynical, sadistic, morbid, cold, calculated, indifferent, apathetic. Since they have a difficult time comprehending and coping their emotions they often repress them instead. Doing so may cause them to unleash unprompted passive aggressive remarks on others.  

• Reputation: Known either as sarcastic, machiavellian, and coy, or charming, competent, and talented. The ignorant either admire and vaunt them, or fear and despise them. The wise either study them, appreciate them, infiltrate them, or become them.

• Post-Life Hypothesis:  Typically believes that there is no post-life, and that consciousness is extinguished during death. They believe that upon death, their body either decomposes in a box, is burnt to dust and locked away in a fancy jar called a vase until it falls on the floor, or is harvested for its most valuable organs and then sold on the black market.

Top careers: 

Philanthropist, Biologist, Actor, Government agency, Business Magnate, Heiress/Heir

Famous people: 

Charles Darwin, Elton John, Niccolò Machiavelli, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Ellis Uihlein, Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, Freddie Mercury, Kris Jenner, Paris Hilton