When you make peace with authority, you become authority.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Compromising with power often turns you into part of the power structure.
- In plain terms
- When you accept authority, you become authority yourself.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid making peace with systems you oppose.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who are you becoming?
- What have you compromised?
Another view
Sometimes compromise is necessary for progress and stability.
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