A quote from Dune if I recall correctly is power attracts the corruptable, not exactly that it corrupts. So not that humans are evil but we offer positions that shouldn’t be given to anyone that wants it. Mean okay I’m sure there’s good people that try for elected positions for sure.
Also quote from hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, no one that seeks power should be given it. Or similar was in reference to who they elect president.
While hitchhiker’s guide is comedy I think it holds well, people who seek power want to abuse it. People resultant to accept a position may be better to administer. I think, while quite different moods in their texts, they were saying the same thing. One (quite boring and dry, no pun intended, at first read) another just silly with some commentary on life.
Funny how that works cause you’d think democracy would weed others out. But gestures to democracies these days we see how things work with media manipulation. I think the hitchhiker’s guide worked and well was made due to the education of the author.
So why the eff aren’t we supporting system where we can cultivate ideas to improve ourselves rather than hearing media tell us not to like someone who is probably cool anyways?
Yes a north american view but right wing has been spreading and all.
I’d love it if campaigning was outlawed. You get a list of candidates and their voting history on key issues.
If people had actually looked at her voting records, Harris would have been a great choice. Her Senate voting history is pretty damn close to Bernie’s.
But for some reason people still listen to campaign messaging even though it’s well known politicians lie through their teeth to get elected.
Hard agree! Unless it’s me of course, because my right is more right than others.
Jokes aside, it’s obvious that power structures arrise in nature like cancer in a body. The socialy disadvantegous take over, and cannibalize everything.
A holocracy perhaps? I still don’t have more than a vague concept of what could be attempted. I know that self-sufficiency is GOOD, and I want to encourage it asmuch as possible.
This prevents leverage and exploitation of you and your neighbours.
This, however, does not mean standing idly aside, as someone else gets exploited. It should be an ethic to help your neighbour to the point where they can be self-sufficient, as this protects YOU from them turning on you in desperate times.
It’s not that humans are inherently evil, it’s that inherently evil humans exist.
The main problem is that enough people believe the lies the evil ones tell them and let them have power to fuck everyone.
Humans are tribalistic animals, and that trait is part of why it’s so easy for horrible people to convince others to do horrible things.
A quote from Dune if I recall correctly is power attracts the corruptable, not exactly that it corrupts. So not that humans are evil but we offer positions that shouldn’t be given to anyone that wants it. Mean okay I’m sure there’s good people that try for elected positions for sure.
Also quote from hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, no one that seeks power should be given it. Or similar was in reference to who they elect president.
While hitchhiker’s guide is comedy I think it holds well, people who seek power want to abuse it. People resultant to accept a position may be better to administer. I think, while quite different moods in their texts, they were saying the same thing. One (quite boring and dry, no pun intended, at first read) another just silly with some commentary on life.
Funny how that works cause you’d think democracy would weed others out. But gestures to democracies these days we see how things work with media manipulation. I think the hitchhiker’s guide worked and well was made due to the education of the author.
So why the eff aren’t we supporting system where we can cultivate ideas to improve ourselves rather than hearing media tell us not to like someone who is probably cool anyways?
Yes a north american view but right wing has been spreading and all.
I’d love it if campaigning was outlawed. You get a list of candidates and their voting history on key issues.
If people had actually looked at her voting records, Harris would have been a great choice. Her Senate voting history is pretty damn close to Bernie’s.
But for some reason people still listen to campaign messaging even though it’s well known politicians lie through their teeth to get elected.
Thats why no man should have power over others.
Hard agree! Unless it’s me of course, because my right is more right than others.
Jokes aside, it’s obvious that power structures arrise in nature like cancer in a body. The socialy disadvantegous take over, and cannibalize everything.
A holocracy perhaps? I still don’t have more than a vague concept of what could be attempted. I know that self-sufficiency is GOOD, and I want to encourage it asmuch as possible.
This prevents leverage and exploitation of you and your neighbours.
This, however, does not mean standing idly aside, as someone else gets exploited. It should be an ethic to help your neighbour to the point where they can be self-sufficient, as this protects YOU from them turning on you in desperate times.
Yeah, it would be great if people stopped being dicks, but don’t hold your breath waiting for it to happen.