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Old 01-03-2020, 03:44 PM   #18 (permalink)
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People can be quite worse dictator than the state.
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.
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