equal force, A Human Strategy, Matt Berry, aphorism 240


240
We cannot both befriend our master and gain self-mastery, since our approach to his rank is the insult of all insults.  Moreover, his rebuke will always sound off with a ring of legitimacy, while our condemnation of “power” does not defeat power, but promotes its dissipation among those of us who would otherwise be his equals.  We must therefore acquire equal force before we proclaim equal status.  Until then, we conspire with necessity.




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