The dispensation of favor

"The literally murderous intensity of the struggle obscures the lack of ideological substance. The difference between power holders and contenders is not actualized in principles but in the dispensation of favor. Ideology is not a belief system but a composition for purposes of power holding, a tool in constant need of revision and maintenance as new challenges appear." (The Closed Circle, David Pryce-Jones, 2002; page 117-118).