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On Violence by Hannah Arendt — WisdomDeck honest review
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On Violence

by Hannah Arendt

Power and violence are opposites: power rests on consent, violence appears when power fails. A short, clarifying 1970 essay.

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  1. Violence destroys power.
  2. Power is acting in concert.
  3. Watch for the substitution.

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