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The cynical thing is that every organization that claims to know what's good and what's bad eventually attracts power-hungry people that would abuse it. You can
by john_moscow 5y ago
The cynical thing is that every organization that claims to know what's good and what's bad eventually attracts power-hungry people that would abuse it. You can't evade it by jumping ship, since it appears to be a fundamental flaw (or feature) of humanity.
The only way out is to look at specific people and specific ideas, rather than accepting dogmas for granted, and judging information based on the affiliation of the person it came from.
- boeingUH60 5y agoYou have a very good point, and it's what I think also. Eventually in many, or I dare so most organizations, the power-hungry, self-serving people will somehow arm-wrestle their way to the top. It's just a matter of time, may take decades or even centuries if the organization lasts that long. There's a political theory about this termed the "Iron law of oligarchy". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy