Power defines its own reality -- and gives itself inappropriate pay raises

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... In his book "Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice," Bent Flyvbjerg, Ph.D., had relevant comments on how rationality -- exercising the ability to reason, coupled with power -- affects the capacity to perform or act effectively, shape urban policy and planning. ... Flyvbjerg explained, "One of the privileges of power, and an integral part of its rationality, is the freedom to define reality." ... "Power procures the knowledge which supports its purposes, while it ignores or suppresses that knowledge which does not serve it," adds Flyvbjerg.