This assumption has been exercised so long that those over whom it has been swayed have come to regard it as something approaching a “divine right.” This condition of servitude was possible so long as ignorance possessed the masses over whom it sought control.
Woodhull discusses how the long-standing control of the aristocracy has led to a perception of a 'divine right' over the masses.
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