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Power Pyramids"
Who rules us? Governmental and other types of power pyramids and some peculiarities of their "construction."More often than not, having the highest chance to win competition for power are those who are "good fighters," i.e. who boast such qualities as aggressiveness, vigor, perseverance, etc. Other factors that may contribute to one's success in climbing up a pyramid of power include connections with influential people or support of a political group. Incidentally, pursuing its interests, a group may choose to promote a weaker one who would be better controllable and more predictable. Other conditions being equal, the better chances to make it to the top belong to the one who employs a wider arsenal of methods, and, as it often happens, to the one who is not too scrupulous about ethics or even the law. Sometimes, those involved in political rivalry sink to overtly illegal activities, such as blatant lies, hoax, fraud, eavesdropping, etc. In effort to take the desired post, a candidate will not stop at giving promises which he has no intention of keeping...
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