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Does power corrupt or does power attract the corrupt? I do think power is unhealthy, but its corruption works more slowly and subtly than these experiments can
by mcv 3y ago
Does power corrupt or does power attract the corrupt? I do think power is unhealthy, but its corruption works more slowly and subtly than these experiments can possibly test.
Not to mention that these guards didn't have real power; they weren't the ones running the experiment. They had a very limited pretend power. If you want to know whether power corrupts, it's better to look at Zimbardo himself.