# Imploding the rules of power > [!noteinfo] > 01.01.2017 · Last modified: 21.03.2024 · ES: [[Implosionar las reglas del poder]] · CA: [[Implosionar les regles del poder]] · IT: [[Implodere le regole del potere]] · #quote #politics #newParadigm #realities #FrancoMerelli #the_machine #the_power #en-lang [[../../Themarium/Personæ/Franco Merelli|Franco Merelli]] writes to me: > "With power, the battles are always lost. The point is to lose them better. And to fight them. To fight them knowing that, reasonably, one loses. [[../../Fragmentarium/Perdere|Losing]] joyfully is a victory. And the next time, one will lose less. This is what makes the rules of power implode". [[../../Themarium/Personæ/Luciano Bianciardi|Luciano Bianciardi]][^1] [^1]: [Luciano Bianciardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Bianciardi) (1922–1971) was an Italian journalist, translator and writer. A key figure of Italian culture in the 1950s and '60s, he is known for his works *Il lavoro culturale*, *L'integrazione* and *La vita agra*. He worked with various publishers and translated authors such as Henry Miller, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck. *La vita agra* appeared in English as *It's a Hard Life* (trans. Eric Mosbacher, Hodder & Stoughton / Viking, 1965).