"To find out who rules you find out who you can't criticize."
It sounds like it might be saying something profound-- but it's really nonsense. (and often bigoted nonsense)
Who rules you isn't a secret. It would be much more glamorous if it were but none of us are important enough to merit such subterfuge.
One of the great privileges of power is the ability to operate in the open, because no one can stop you.
The more I think about this the more bonkers it is.
@futurebird Can both things be true? If you cannot criticise the President then you know that the President has power, and that is visible power. However, is it also possible that we do not know which banker, general, intelligence agency, corporation, family member, or foreign power wields invisible power over the President?
@phatcontroller If "we do not know" then how would we be prohibited from criticizing them?
No, OP is right. It's a stupid saying that only ever seems to be used to attack minorities.
