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The only reason powerful people are able to hoard power, and stay in power, is because so many other people allow this and willingly grant them this power. No
by magduf 9y ago
The only reason powerful people are able to hoard power, and stay in power, is because so many other people allow this and willingly grant them this power. No one person has the ability to force thousands or millions of people to his will; they can only do this because legions of people with guns act on his behalf.
The answer isn't limiting peoples' lifespans. Indeed, we've had autocratic rulers in our history who were considered excellent leaders, and people who lived under them experienced a "golden age". The problem was usually when they died, and their incompetent heir took over.
The answer is to come up with better governmental systems, not rely on limited lifespans. Doing the latter certainly didn't spare us from the horrors of the wars in the first half of the 20th century.
- stcredzero 9y agoThe only reason powerful people are able to hoard power, and stay in power, is because so many other people allow this and willingly grant them this power. Here's the real truth of that: We don't let people get away with it for long. Point-like aggregations of power aren't easily workable. Even absolute totalitarians need help from factions and need to keep their minions well paid. Such rulers can't buy loyalty, and so depend on blood relatives for that as well, which means they are very constrained in this precious resource. It's only the wide dispersion of power that is workable and stable, long term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs The wider the dispersion, the better off the common person and society.