Power is fetishism. Addicted to the HBO-produced television drama Game of Thrones as I freely admit, I feel that I find in it something ironic, mysterious: power exists only at the moment it is believed in, fought over, used; but like evil spirits, it can never be held in the hand or seen with the eye, even though it fascinates, and can bewitch and entrap human souls—particularly those who desire it.

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