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68: Robert Michels - The Iron Law of Oligarchy

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Danger of Large Numbers of Elites as a Destabilizing Force in Society

The mistrust of the leaders is directed above all against those who aspire to command their own organizations. Democracy doesn't create a stable structure of power, but a constant arena. And that means that the oligarchs will abominate autocracy as the Greeks did.

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