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Ideas for 'Chomsky on himself', 'The Need for Roots' and 'Draft Statement of Human Obligations'

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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

23839	A lifelong head of society should only be a symbol, not a ruler [Weil]
	Full Idea: Wherever a man is placed for life at the head of a social organism, he ought to be a symbol and not a ruler, as is the case with the King of England.
	From: Simone Weil (The Need for Roots [1943], I 'Obedience')
	A reaction: Nice to hear a radical French thinker endorsing an ancient British tradition! She may not be endorsing a lifelong head of state. Lifelong rulers are the main agents of totalitarianism.