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minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoabsolute power (& wealth) corrupts absolutely
minus-squareIllecors@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoBut he doesn’t even wield absolute power. The bit he does hold seems to have been enough.
minus-squareSauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoWealth cannot be detangled from power, so yeah, this is dead on. We can have democracy or we can have billionaires, we cannot have both
minus-square00x0xx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoIncorrect. Those that are corrupt desires and seek absolute power & wealth more than an normal person. We have a few people in history who did had absolute power & wealth and uses it to great benefit for his people.
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoWho in history had absolute wealth and or power and used it to great benefit for their people?
minus-squareCadenza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 days agoI’d like to know too, I strongly suggest this is a delusion. Although the saying is a cliché, it’s a remarkably correct statement.
absolute power (& wealth) corrupts absolutely
But he doesn’t even wield absolute power. The bit he does hold seems to have been enough.
Wealth cannot be detangled from power, so yeah, this is dead on.
We can have democracy or we can have billionaires, we cannot have both
Incorrect. Those that are corrupt desires and seek absolute power & wealth more than an normal person. We have a few people in history who did had absolute power & wealth and uses it to great benefit for his people.
Who in history had absolute wealth and or power and used it to great benefit for their people?
I’d like to know too, I strongly suggest this is a delusion. Although the saying is a cliché, it’s a remarkably correct statement.