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The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Tom Clancy
Knowledge And Power, Information Knowledge, Government
"Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.