"there is a limited elite that understands the secrets of their own techniques, but not necessarily of all techniques. These men are close to the seat of modern governmental power. The state is no longer founded on the 'average citizen', but on the ability and knowledge of this elite. The average man is altogether unable to penetrate technical secrets or governmental organization and consequently can exert no influence at all on the state."

Source : "The Technological Society" by Jacques Ellul, translated by John Wilkinson, (p. 274), 1964.

Jacques Ellul

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