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Richard Nkwenti

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The Oracle · Essays

What Power Cannot Buy

An empty chair at the end of a long dark table, illuminated by a narrow band of warm light.

Power can turn a wish into an order. It cannot turn an order into devotion. What remains of our ambition when trust, time, and love are asked to pay its price?