Monday, December 7, 2020

The Past Lives On: The Elite Strategy To Divide and Conquer — Edward Curtin


Divide and conquer is the only way that the ruling elite can stay in power in a republic. Elections just decide which victorious elite factions will rule for a time while the other elite factions plan their return to power.

Vietnamese proverb collected at time of the Vietnam war: "Dung heap same. Only flies change."

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The Past Lives On: The Elite Strategy To Divide and Conquer
Edward Curtin | Instructor in Sociology, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 

2 comments:

Peter Pan said...

Politics for the people means breaking the fourth wall.

Peter Pan said...

Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
https://youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20