The root of the spectacle is that oldest of all social specializations, the specialization of power.
Guy Debord, La société du spectacle §23
All separate power has been spectacular.
Guy Debord, La société du spectacle §25
Power creates nothing; it co-opts.
Internationale situationniste #8
Power is the sum of alienated and alienating mediations. 
Raoul Vaneigem, Traité de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes générations