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3 years ago

in Putting More on the Table Brings People With More to the Table on Will Wilkinson
... so, 'power corrupts'

The minority who control or can gain control of government power ... will do so to further their own self-interest -- at the expense of the majority not in power.

Thus, the egalitarian & democratic status of a society is inversely proportional to the power of its government. Who knew ??

The old "Iron Law of Oligarchy" says the same thing.

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