Iain Banks Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: February 16, 1954 - June 9, 2013
Birthday: February 16
Death: June 9
Empires are synonymous with centralized if occasionally schismatized hierarchical power structures in which influence is restricted to an economically privileged class retaining its advantages through usually a judicious use of oppression and skilled manipulation of both the society's information dissemination systems and its lesser as a rule nominally independent power systems. In short, it's all about dominance.
source: Iain M. Banks (2008). “The Player Of Games: A Culture Novel”, p.67, Hachette UK
topic: Independent, Class, Use, Retaining, Dissemination
