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The Nature of Power

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Jonathan V. Last
Dec 16, 2020
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1. Absolute Power

I talk about power in this newsletter frequently because it’s a subject that many people in Washington don’t really understand. They think that power is money, or access, or rank, or fame. But the truth is that power depends entirely on the context. And if you don’t pay close attention to the context, you wind up like John Daggett.

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