In any power game, it seems, the dominant party is the least likely to be aware of what is going on.

Tim Parks
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If we feel that we are not in the know about what is going on in the world, we should look inward and ask ourselves if we are the only people who don’t understand what is going on. While it is true that there are some things out there that we will never understand, it is also true that there are other things we can understand if we simply ask questions and do our research.

Source: Where Im Reading From: The Changing World Of Books

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