"The Power Games basically goes like this: everyone acts fully selfish, and whenever there’s a conflict, whoever has the power to get their way, gets their way. Or, more succinctly:
Everyone can do whatever they want, if they have the power to pull it off.
There are no principles in the Power Games—only the cudgel. And whoever holds it makes the rules."
Check out the full story here: https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html
And a longer discussion of the Power Games phenomenon and other related ideas here: https://youtu.be/Plgk6eUPnpU
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