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But wealth had another advantage, too. Not only could it buy wives directly, it could also buy "power." It is noteworthy that it is hard to distinguish between wealth and power before the time of the Renaissance. Until then there was no such thing as an power economic sector independent of the power structure. A man's livelihood and his allegiance were owed to the same social superior. Power is, roughly speaking, the ability to call do your bidding, and that depended strictly on wealth (with a little help from violence).
The Red Queen
Matt Ridley
You must be willing to suffer the anger of the opponent, and yet not return anger. You must not become bitter. No matter how emotional your opponents are, you must be calm.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unknown
Nature isn’t a person, you can’t trick them into believing something else, if you try to tell the Moon it’s made of cheese you can argue for days and it won’t change the Moon! What you’re talking about is rationalization,
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
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