• greenskye@lemmy.zip
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    22 days ago

    Good luck convincing others of this take. People really truly believe in some sort of supernatural ‘can never possibly resist’ corruptive force when it comes to power. As if the idea of a human that has power and isn’t corrupted is so much more impossible than all the other fantasy bullshit we’ve dreamed up. Hell they even had to make Superman an alien just to get people to accept the idea of a good powerful person.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      22 days ago

      Ultimately, the answer lies in taking a materialist approach to analysis, rather than an idealist stance. Cutting through the supernatural and relying on the material as our frame of reference helps us demystify subjects like “power corrupting.”