• yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    If they can do anything, and we know humans are corrupted easily when given so much power, is there any other option to stop them, other than death?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      we know humans are corrupted easily when given so much power

      Are people corrupted by power?

      Or is corruption a means by which people accrue power?

      is there any other option to stop them, other than death?

      Mass opposition movements can quickly defang a corrupt official. At the end of the day, you only have as much authority as other people are willing to give you.

      But social networks of patronage give each individual a strong incentive to defend the corrupt organization as a whole. So the network only fails when an even greater number of dissidents stop taking orders.