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Full Idea
Every human group that exercises power does so …in such a way as to increase that power.
Gist of Idea
People in power always try to increase their power
Source
Simone Weil (Prospects: Proletarian Revolution? [1933], p.15)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.15
A Reaction
Not so true in smaller institutions, but at the centre of power you can control how power is distributed, so the temptation is too much.
| 23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
| 23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
| 23859 | True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil] |
| 23856 | Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil] |
| 23860 | Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil] |