"Instead of the comforting rationale that merit breeds success and the successful have merit, a more rational approach would be to speculate that in our society wealth and power tend to accrue to those who are ruthless, cunning, avaricious, self-seeking, lacking in sympathy and compassion, subservient to authority and willing to abandon principle for material gain…" —Noam Chomsky
John Thornton wrote:
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>> New Scientist has a more in depth article on this subject for those
>> interested at
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>> http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?rp=1&id=mg18324615.200
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>> Snakes in suits
>> New Scientist vol 183 issue 2461 - 21 August 2004, page 40
>> by Laura Spinney
>> if anyone would like, i could post a copy assuming it gets past the
>> size limits.
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