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Parent was implying “all” humans crave this power over others. This is patently false. “Most” people won’t act badly to attain this power, “some” will. Being
by _factor 8mo ago
Parent was implying “all” humans crave this power over others. This is patently false.
“Most” people won’t act badly to attain this power, “some” will. Being placed into a position and choosing harm is not the same as pursuing it.
- afpx 8mo agoThat is absolutely against the evidence, but yes people do like to think they are naturally righteous and good.
- klaff 8mo agoWhat evidence is there that ALL humans crave power over other humans?
- afpx 8mo agoWe're literally animals, evolved for dominance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dominance_hierarchy_species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dominance_hierarchy_sp... One could try to argue that some of us are special exceptions. But, there's no evidence for that. (The delightfully ironic humor of it is that people who presumably have your same point of view are down-voting me into negative)