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To: sea_urchin who wrote (16266)	9/4/2007 5:24:57 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

The prequel to George Orwell's 1984(): Iron law of oligarchy* From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory, first developed by the German syndicalist sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 book, Political Parties[*]. It states that all forms of organization, regardless of how democratic or autocratic they may be at the start, will eventually and inevitably develop into oligarchies. The reasons for this are the technical indispensability of leadership, the tendency of the leaders to organize themselves and to consolidate their interests; the gratitude of the led towards the leaders, and the general immobility and passivity of the masses. [...] en.wikipedia.org () Subject 33609 [*] Robert Michels' Political Parties* in PDF format: socserv.mcmaster.ca