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> Police officers are given extraordinary powers by society and yet they can act like spoiled brats (or worse). I'm not sure the phrase "and yet" is precise; i
by jMyles 5y ago
> Police officers are given extraordinary powers by society and yet they can act like spoiled brats (or worse).
I'm not sure the phrase "and yet" is precise; it seems like these are cause-and-effect. This is power corrupting, with the corruption approaching absoluteness as the power does.
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoWell, it was a way to be charitable in my rhetoric. Giving the hypothetical police officer the benefit of the doubt that they might be worthy of the powers they are being given. Which, might not actually be powers humans can handle without abuse.
- kgwxd 5y agoI don't think it's always cause and effect. People who want power, specifically so they can abuse it, seek it out. If society offers a position of power that lets acting like a spoiled brat go unchecked, spoiled brats will gravitate towards that position. I often wonder what a police force with a zero-tolerance sobriety requirement, on and off duty, would be like. Is there some places in the world with a policy as strict as that and actually enforces it?