Those still more inclined to generalization assert that the whole apparatus of political activities is a kind of protective coloration to conceal the fact that big business rules the governmental roost in any case.
Dewey suggests that political activities often serve to mask the dominance of big business in governance.
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In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.
Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.
The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.
There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.