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Power corrupts. It’s one of the most predictable effects throughout human history. It’s interesting because it doesn’t seem like it needs to be intrinsic to po
by an0malous 4mo ago
Power corrupts. It’s one of the most predictable effects throughout human history.
It’s interesting because it doesn’t seem like it needs to be intrinsic to power, and yet every time someone gains it they eventually become corrupt.
- thot_experiment 4mo agoIt's so frustrating because even the notionally good actors look at this and think "yeah but it's not gonna corrupt me" No you fuck, the only way to walk the good path is to give up power and never let it concentrate again. Larry Ellison of course is one of the most anti human people on the planet and I doubt he was ever anything else.
- bodge5000 4mo agoThe real question is whether the threshold before it causes irreversible corruption is before or after the point where you can make real change. The latter is obviously quite terrifying as it essentially means that democracy will always be corrupt (unless time is a factor perhaps)
- thot_experiment 4mo agoI think resiliency to the corruption isn't evenly distributed among the populace, there are definitely those people who are capable of resisting it long enough to get shit done. I just think it's mostly the levels of abstraction that these people have between them and anything real. Honestly, if you suggest surveillance state shit, you should just be mandated to livestream your life 24/7, you have nothing to hide right?
- hackable_sand 4mo agoIt's never irreversible. Every generation has to go through this.
- bodge5000 4mo agoI meant irreversible to the individual, ie they can't be shown they're corrupt and change their ways
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