Power and Corruption

POWER CORRUPTS, AND  absolute power corrupts absolutely, according to philosopher santayana, who, as great philosophers tend to do, told a heap of truth.

consider syrian dictator assad. regular looking guy, somebody you might expect to see down at the hardware store. gorgeous wife, who might not be married to anyone who works or goes in a hardware store.

assad appears to be willing to butcher every man, woman, and child in syria to stay in power, and the rest of the world seems helpless to do anything about it.

just give anyone power, and they corrupt; they become immoral, at least, in some of their thoughts and actions, they become greedy, paranoid, angry, evil, and vicious. that's because power is addictive, like a drug, and like drugs, people love power.

we all seek power because we are hard wired to modify our immediate environemt to render it safer for us; by killing, digging, building, whatever. power is safety and protection, as well as self esteem and social status

assadin syria is going to incredible lengths to retain power, though in the back of his mind there must be at least a glimmer of a thought that he cannot do so much longer. we all go to great length to retain our power, however much or little we have, however difficult and desperate the struggle.

democracy is a solution which distributes power evenly unto all, and provides clear rules for its proper use.
at least, this is what democracy does in theory. it doesn't often work well, you might  already have noticed.

women are attrracted to men who have power, as well as wealth, and resources in general, like social status. men are tempted to increase their ability to attract women by seeking these things. the urge to mate and procreate, combined with our innate fear of personal extinction, and life becomes a constant scramble for resources.

five'll get you ten that once assad is out of power,and if he lives, his gorgorgeous wife will leave him. she'll have figured out that she's got more fertile fiels to plough.

BB

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