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Would like to see a follow-up to see if the ones who are in power but do not think they deserve it eventually, or can be made to, come to think that they deserv
by gcheong 17y ago
Would like to see a follow-up to see if the ones who are in power but do not think they deserve it eventually, or can be made to, come to think that they deserve their power.
- tomjen2 17y agoI doubt you need an experiment to do that. With enough people around you saying "yes sir", and some success in what you are trying to do, the mind can easily rationalise these things.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoMe too. I think it would complete the verification of Lord Acton's observation quite nicely. Intuitively I think the final piece is obvious, but lots of things seem obvious and yet turn out not to be true. I seriously doubt somebody would remain in a state of "hypercrisy" very long. It seems an uncomfortable and unnatural state of affairs.