Aram SinnreichWhat if we classified excessive wealth hoarding as a psychosocial pathology instead of celebrating it as evidence of inherent superiority
Louis Ingenthron@aram Yep, "power corrupts" is one of the few maxims that just never seems to find an exception... Even when you think you've found an exception, just wait until you see what comes out after that person's death.
Vincarsi@LouisIngenthron @aram actually, there are exceptions, they just don't get talked about because people who use power for good don't usually hoard so much that it necessitates other people go without. So you don't see them in the 1%. This has caused some experts to alter the maxim to "Power reveals" that is, when someone gets the power to do whatever they want, you see what they really want to do. People who genuinely want to help don't get the chance to accumulate wealth cause they give it away.
@LouisIngenthron @aram more like they don't work to consolidate the power they gain than full on rejection of it. The examples I saw were about certain heads of state who brought in radical egalitarian policies while paying themselves enough for a comfortable yet modest lifestyle. Though I guess you could make the argument that power is no longer powerful when it's shared. From another perspective though, that power can still be welded by the people though cooperative action.