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that is a good way of looking at it. I wonder though, if power is a bad thing in and of itself. I know that there will always be power. I would rather have peop
by trinsic2 6mo ago
that is a good way of looking at it. I wonder though, if power is a bad thing in and of itself. I know that there will always be power. I would rather have people with good intentions have it then the opposite. Not sure how that will happen. I think when more good people get involved I guess.
- krupan 6mo agoNope. Power corrupts. Or as Frank Herbert said it, power attracts the corruptible. The solution is to not give anyone that much power over you!
- GeekyBear 6mo agoThere is no better way to neutralize an issue like spying on Americas politically than to have both political parties gaslight the public and assert that it isn't happening. In politics as a team sport, you can't admit that your team would lie like that other team does.
- bigyabai 6mo agoWe have politicians on an individual basis that whistleblow surveillance, the public laughs it off: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_d-ciapdf.pdf https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_d... The people that treat surveillance as a political flashpoint don't take it seriously enough to inspire change.
- trinsic2 6mo agoPower is different than politics however. Maybe someday/some way we can build different organizations of people that can make good use of power. I use to think power was the problem, but then I watched a video from someone I respected[0] and it changed my mind. Plus reading Hannah Arendt[1]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJjODY-PyJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJjODY-PyJY [1]: https://hac.bard.edu/ https://hac.bard.edu/
- GeekyBear 6mo agoPower buys politicians.
- trinsic2 6mo agoIt's been my experience that power reveals, rather than corrupts. Corruption is in the heart. Instruments (Power) only amplify it.