The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim – for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives – is to abolish all distinction and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
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There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt, or it allows a strong and discontented Middle group to come into being, or it loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern. These causes do not operate singly, and as a rule all four of them are present in some degree.
Throughout recorded time, there have been three kinds of people in the world. The aim of the High is to remain where they are.The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
