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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) believed that society consists of an elite and a mass, the society's health depending on what he termed "The circulation of the elites." The elite must be "open"-must be able to expel Lions when Foxes are needed, must be able to smell out Foxes among the Rabbits and assimilate them into the elite. Such free circulation is a condition of intelligent government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Is Democracy Possible? | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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