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         %VALUE POWER CONTROL IDEAL MANIPULATE TECH 910618

     Many  people  aspire  to discover,  create,   acquire
and  otherwise  be  able to exercise power  to  manipulate
and  control.    They value and covet manipulative  power.
Their  ideals revolve around the exercise of  manipulative
power.   They  seek  means and technologies by  which   to
discover,   create,     acquire and exercise  manipulative
power  so   that they can be in control,  and be proud  of
themselves.

     There are many means to power:

     Conflicts   can  be  manipulated  so  as  to   confer
additional power upon the manipulators.

     Technologies can be used as the means to power.

     Values  and  ideals  may be manipulated,    modified,
re-interpreted   and  otherwise presented  in  ways  which
confer upon the manipulators additional power.

     Dichotomies  and  patterns of disintegration  may  be
promoted as means to power.

     The creation,  acquisition, management, distribution,
and interpretation  of  knowledge/skills  can be used   as
the means to power.

     In  each  situation it is useful to take note of  the
extent  to  which participants are seeking personal  power
to  be  in  control;    and to note what  means  they  are
using/abusing in their quest for power.

     Respectable    people   have   acquired   the   power
of  respectability  in some particular ways;   how?    Are
they  seeking the power to be in control;  by what  means?
Are the means   integrative   or  disintegrative?     What
is    the particular  nature  of the means to power  which
they  are using?
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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