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Because any power would corrupts eventually?
by j16sdiz 6y ago
Because any power would corrupts eventually?
- UncleMeat 6y agoSo? That isn't the only input to the system. The conclusion here obviously cannot be "then grant no power to anybody" unless you are the most extreme left-anarchist. Power has the capacity to harm but also aid. We must balance the risk of harm against the potential for aid. The ability to run a standing army can be used for ill. Yet we have an army. The ability to regulate corporate pollution can be used for ill. Yet we have pollution regulations. The ability to throw people in prison via the justice system can be used for ill. Yet we have laws and courts and prisons.