It manifests itself more subtly, pervasively and effectually when knowledge and the instrumentalities of skill which are the product of communal life are employed in the service of wants and impulses which have not themselves been modified by reference to a shared interest.
Dewey warns that knowledge and skills can be misused if not aligned with shared community interests.
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But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.
For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.
Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.