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Political power is held by those with the will to power, a drive that can't arise from detached truth-seeking communities without corrupting them.

Drawn from what Jacob Falkovich said

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

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  1. Jacob Falkovich Writer of the blog Putanumonit and the newsletter Second Person
    But power is ultimately held by those with the will to power. That will does not grow in decoupled idea labs, and would immediately corrupt them if it did.

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