“Oppression is exercised by force, and in the long run all force originates in nature. The notion of force is far from simple, and yet it is the first that has to be elucidated in order to formulate the problems of society. Force and oppression — that makes two; but what needs to be understood above all is that it is not the manner in which use is made of some particular force, but its very nature, which determines whether it is oppressive or not.”

– Simone Weil, “Reflections concerning the Causes of Liberty and Social Oppression”