Power corrupts, but we can't just make power disappear... The only logical solution is to spread it as thinly as possible amongst everyone, so it corrupts as little as possible. Ergo, anarchy.
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What if instead we totally alienated a bunch of the worst people to ever exist from any consequence, built society on appeasing them at any cost, and then murdered everyone who wanted anything else,though?
I personally think thats a much better idea, and will murder you if you dont agree.
I mean, there's an argument for lottery representation to centralize enough power (government) to stomp any other spikes of power (corporations)
Crazy how we have a phrase like "power corrupts" yet refuse to treat it as a mental illness.
Its just perfectly normal healthy paranoid pedophilic blood cults with measurably less of several kinds if intelligence than baseline. I dont see why you have tocall them mentally ill.
We are being ruled over by power addicts
just one more power bro i swear i'll stop if i just get one more power bro i swear
I talked about anarchism with someone recently, and "evil people" was their main argument.
I've been thinking about it a lot. My point of view is that power structures give those evil people an unmatched oportunity to gain power over others. I think most of them are in politics, be it in democracy or authoritarian regimes. They are the best at climbing hierarchies and have the motivation to do so, unlike most people.
But still, it seems that having evil people in politics is somehow better than having to deal with them directly for a lot of people. It may be the fear of unknown - governments might do bad things on a much bigger scale, but at least they are predictable. That's just my interpretation though.
anarchism doesn't mean you can't get organised.
that said, it's pretty damned hard to defend against an attacking nation, if you don't have taxpayer funded hierachical military. hard doesn't mean impossible tho
Yep, I believe the absolute majority of people in power are evil because evil people seek power.
Its the fear of the unknown. I had to deal with that too when I first learned about anarchism.
Outsiders are Evil By Nature.
Insiders are Blessed By Their Commitment to The Tribe.
Dear Leader came to power by virtue of extraordinary merit and is the most capable tribesman in leading our Blessed In-Group against their Diabolical Out-Group. We give him our loyalty, our labor, and our wealth voluntarily, with the expectation that he will return it to us ten-fold.
And hey, look, the market is up! The Gods shine on our Glorious Hallowed Kingdom of The Virtuous And Just.
If we’re just making shit up then god says I’m in charge.
All hail lord doomer boomer!
My god what have I done…
Don't worry, the people in power are good. They said so themselves.