• Wataba@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Power doesnt corrupt. Its just far too easy for the already corrupted to seize and hold onto power, while the uncorrupted are too honest to beat them to it.

    All boils down to that.

    • daannii@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      I think it can be both. But mostly, yes. The worst humans are attracted to positions of power. It’s why so many pastors are sex predators. They were predators before becoming pastors.