Power doesn’t corrupt, it just reveals what’s already in someone, the reason people think power corrupts is because generally speaking, the people who go out of their way to seek more of it are typically already kinda shitty

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I agree that power corrupts, but perhaps a society built on the quantification of power inevitably leads to abuse of power

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Anonymous lazy_eye 7w

The point of having elections and term limits is that you routinely flush the system. Unfortunately that isn’t always the case and things like incumbent advantage mean people who are in power tend to stay there even when it’s no longer in everyone’s best interests

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Who’s to say there isn’t a power structure that doesn’t prioritize the accumulation of power and rewards only the most sociopathic members of society?

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Anonymous lazy_eye 7w

That’s a pretty broad claim. Plenty of successful businessmen and women are where they are precisely because they aren’t sociopathic.

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Anonymous #1 7w

For you and #2, I’m not referring to successful people in general. It’s more so that I can’t see a single example of a moral person at the top of our society. The corporate owners who deliberately make the lives of average people harder for a marginal increase to their bottom line are sign enough to me that our current society is inherently broken

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That’s the fundamental struggle in my opinion, it would take a societal level change in mindset because humanity has been so set in a “fuck you got mine” headspace for so long that it feels natural. I’m not religious but religion is typically the vessel for that change, think Jesus and his views on the wealthy

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Anonymous lazy_eye 7w

That’s a lot more fair statement. Of course there are going to be people whose goal is to make as much money as possible. That’s what a business is supposed to do after all. When you reach such a high level, you kinda have to take the good with the bad. It’s naive to think that there ever was or will be a perfectly moral organization. Ultimately, you have to look at your options and support whichever you think has more pros than cons

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Anonymous #1 7w

Pretty much, there’s never going to be a right or wrong answer because that’s not how life works. I’ll go on advocating for my ideals but I recognize that’s just what they are, ideals. I realize a society without money probably isn’t possible but I do think we should try to reach as close as possible to one

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Anonymous lazy_eye 7w

As someone religious, I think the Bible has some pretty good takes on greed. Stuff like condemning the love of money as the root of evil and Jesus’ teachings on wealth make it clear money isn’t the problem, it’s the people who have it and want more that are. Ideally the people with the most money would be using it to help society, but it’s kinda foolish to hope that they will.

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