POWER OF THE WORD by Michael Brenner – Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services
International Affairs professor POWER By Michael Brenner A divide between elites and the populace is a recurrent feature of every large organized society. That has been true without exception since the abundance generated by the mastery of agriculture encouraged the growth and elaboration of earlier Neolithic tribes. There are no known exceptions; but there are variations in modalities. A key to elite dominance always was the superior group’s monopoly – or quasi monopoly – of crucial kno...
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