一位叫阿克顿的英国历史学家讲过一个分粥的故事。有7个人组成的小团体,其中每个人都是平凡而且平等的。他们没有凶险祸害之心,但不免自私自利。他们想用非暴力的方式,通过制定制度来解决每天的吃饭问题——要分食一锅粥,但并没有称量用具或有刻度的容器。这里有几种不同的分配方法:一是指定一个人负责分粥事宜。很快大家发现,这个人为自己分的粥最多。阿克顿的结论是:权力集中 A British historian called Acton told a story of porridge. There are 7 small groups of individuals, each of whom is ordinary and equal. They have no heart of evil, but can not help but be selfish. They want non-violent ways to tackle the problem of eating every day by setting up a system of eating gruel but weighing no appliances or graduated containers. There are several different ways of distribution: one is to assign a person responsible for sub-porridge. We quickly found that most of the porridge this person points for themselves. Acton concludes: Concentration of power