Power corrupts, but it isn't instantaneous and it isn't as if there aren't good people who can resist that tendency. Y Combinator represents an aggregation of p

Power corrupts, but it isn't instantaneous and it isn't as if there aren't good people who can resist that tendency. Y Combinator represents an aggregation of power, and so it's likely that someone, somewhere will be tempted to abuse such power. The "lowest cost" and most likely form of this would be through a false accusation of someone who only has marginal standing. You can say this for just about any organization which has power. This is why transparency is often a good check for power. In cases where transparency isn't practical, then there is the larger granularity of the market. Where this breaks down is in very acute concentrations of power. The realist view acknowledges that power is contextual, and that contextual abuses will happen. Sometimes the world is imperfect and you're going to have to leave for more peaceful pastures. Throughout all of the above, you can recognize "the good" in their magnanimity and their protection of the dignity and rights of individuals -- even extending this to the accused. I forget who said it, but the true test of character is not in how someone treats those they need, it's how they treat those they don't need.