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Originally Posted by All Darc
People can be quite worse dictator than the state.
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It goes both ways, and there is no clearly better form of government, though absolute power does tend to corrupt. Power corrupts even when it's shared by multiple people/groups.
I have absolute power over my child, who is essentially a slave. Did that corrupt me? If people keep proper perspective; that power brings equal measures of responsibility, then they would not abuse it. Instead we're led to believe that power brings with it self-gratification, which isn't the purpose of power.
I'd much rather be ruled by a benevolent and wise dictator than a collection of selfish idiots.