It is an insane conceit. Power always drives to perpetuate itself, but this is a phenomenal extra… — Iain M. Banks
It is an insane conceit. Power always drives to perpetuate itself, but this is a phenomenal extra distillation of idiocy. Only people already riddled with the internalised special pleading and self-importance that too much power brings could even start to imagine that this might be in any way sustainable.
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