... as a mediator between individuals and the system of power. He maintains control of his subjects by ramifying its ideology throughout a variety of political and social institutions, including religion, education and art. Using Althusser's terms, these ideological state apparatuses allow the state to perpetuate its repression of individuals much more efficiently than the repressive state apparatuses, such as police forces and prisons ... a shift in Comrade Napoleon's authoritarian strategy from imposing his power through physical force and direct interaction with the animals to instilling...

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