Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>
>
> It's time to rewrite Mao: political power grows geometrically out of
> the maintenance of power lines and electricity grids. This new
> dictum holds true in Iraq, as well as California.
>
"There aint no country extra fine If you're not on to the power line."
Woody Guthrie, Columbia River Ballads
(From memory.)