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Full Idea
Inferiors engage in faction in order to be equal, while equals do so in order to be superior.
Gist of Idea
Faction is for inferiors to be equal, and equals to become superior
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1302a30)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.113
A Reaction
In Britain that seems to trade unions in the first case, and the Conservative Party in the second case. Aristotle dislikes faction, but he's stuck with it because he insists on freedom.