The Irrationality of Power

Abstract

No matter how one looks at it, the command in its self-contained, complete form—that is, the form in which we find it today after a long period of development—has become the single most dangerous element in the social life of man. One must have the courage to resist it and undermine its power. Ways and means must be found to keep the majority of mankind free from it. One dare not allow it to do any more than just scratch the skin. Its barbs must become no more than harmless...