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The class (or class alliance) in power cannot lay down the law in the ISAs as easily as it can in the )repressive) State apparatus, not only because the former ruling classes are able to retain strong positions there for a long time, but also because the resistance of the exploited classes is able to finds find means and occasions to express itself there, either by the utilization of their contradictions, or by conquering combat positions in struggle.

— Louis Althusser

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The class (or class alliance) in power cannot lay down the law in the ISAs as easily as it can in the )repressive) State apparatus, not only because the former ruling classes are able to retain strong positions there for a long time, but also because the resistance of the exploited classes is able to finds find means and occasions to express itself there, either by the utilization of their contradictions, or by conquering combat positions in struggle." in the context of "p.147" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Louis Althusser" (Quotes, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (1968):  LΓ©nine et la philosophie (1968) as translated by Ben Brewster (Monthly Review Press: 1971), "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses":  Full text online) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Louis Althusser

About Louis Althusser

Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher.