The 67 statesmen, criminals, financiers and others who really run things
"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies." — Napoleon Bonaparte
Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than a religious figure. Can one really compare the influence of a journalist to that of a terrorist? And is power unexercised power at all?
In compiling our first ranking of the World's Most Powerful People we wrestled with these questions — and many more — before deciding to define power in four dimensions. First, we asked, does the person have influence over lots of other people? Pope Benedict XVI, ranked 11th on our list, is the spiritual leader of more than a billion souls, or about one-sixth of the world's population, while Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke (No. 8) is the largest private-sector employer in the United States.
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7 comments:
Very interesting article!
Imagine the power of the person who decided that Obama would be our next President.
Now that's power.
Imagine being the 2nd person to know that Obama would be our next President.
Imagine being the 3rd person who knew.
Power.
Imagine knowing what the Salisbury Fire Department will buy next.
Imagine knowing what dumbass thing Comegy will say next.
Power.
I wonder if Ireton and Dinglebarrie made that list as well?
Imagine the power of the puppetmaster who pulls Obama's strings, now that's almost as much power as the teleprompter writer for Obama.
The fact that George Soros isn't on this list shows just how powerful he really is. Barak, the dumbocrats (& half or the redumblicans) and the media are his puppets.
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The writer takes his instructions from the power broker.
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