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> The fundamental premise of society is that power comes with responsibility. Is that typically true? It seems the pattern is often: person/group amass power
by Infinitesimus 7y ago
> The fundamental premise of society is that power comes with responsibility.
Is that typically true? It seems the pattern is often:
person/group amass power -> things are okay for a while -> power corrupts and there's longrunning abuse of power -> [time] -> society eventually makes noise and/group gets destabilized/dies -> repeat
- lidHanteyk 7y agoSure. In fact, take any category of power relations; these are categories of people, related by power over one another. Then, the dual category is one of responsibility relations. To say that Prima has power over Secunda is to say that Prima can alter Secunda's environment arbitrarily. However, this is equivalent to Secunda requiring certain open-ended alterations to their environment, and being unable to establish those alterations without Prima. No matter how many times one goes around the concept, one cannot be responsible without having the power to enact the responsibility, and one cannot be empowered without having expectations on the use of that power.
- sandoooo 7y agogroup amasses power under leadership signifucantly more competent than competitors in a war -> things are ok for a while because group's opponents are spent in blood and treasure, and also because of competent leadership -> [time] -> new interest groups form, old opponents recover strength, leadership declines due to reversion to the mean and complacency -> war breaks out when the government is sufficiently weakened -> repeat
- munificent 7y agoBy "fundamental premise" I meant something along the lines of "the reason any human is ever OK with another human having power". If we didn't assume some correlation between power and responsible use thereof, we would all either be hermits, or tearing each other to pieces.