Historically, most societies have been heavily skewed in favor of the power pole, and most of history— especially modern history— can be seen as a struggle toward the authority pole, that is, toward the institutionalization of a process of informed, consensual self-determination of the whole, which we call "democracy".


p. 186. - Society: A Complex Adaptive System--Essays in Social Theory, (1998)

Walter F. Buckley Quotes

Historically, most societies have been heavily skewed in favor of the power pole, and most of history— especially modern history— can be seen as...

Historically, most societies have been heavily skewed in favor of the power pole, and most of history— especially modern history— can be seen as...

Historically, most societies have been heavily skewed in favor of the power pole, and most of history— especially modern history— can be seen as...

Historically, most societies have been heavily skewed in favor of the power pole, and most of history— especially modern history— can be seen as...