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Full Idea
What drives political history is power cliques.
Gist of Idea
Politics is driven by power cliques
Source
A.C. Grayling (The Good State [2020], Conc)
Book Ref
Grayling,A.C.: 'The Good State' [Oneworld 2021], p.170
A Reaction
A simple ideas which strikes me as accurate. Alternative views are that power is universally distributed (Foucault), or that power resides in a social class (Marx). Grayling's idea strikes me as more accurate. Each class has its cliques.