sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 10 days agoThe Dangers of Socialism they warned us about...lemmy.todayimagemessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down121
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minus-square0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days ago Really, the thing that people fear is authoritarianism. And it can happen in any government so long as power is consolidated. Power corrupts.
minus-squaregodsammitdam@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoI like this take on it: All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. – Frank Herbert
Power corrupts.
I like this take on it:
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
– Frank Herbert