Power Corrupts

Comments discuss the corrupting nature of power, how it attracts the wrong people, leads to abuse, and the challenges of wielding it responsibly in society, politics, and organizations.

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Sample Comments

RajT88 Feb 25, 2023 View on HN

Power makes it easy to do the wrong thing, and harder to do the right thing.

CiPHPerCoder Mar 12, 2020 View on HN

Power comes with responsibility that the powerless do not necessarily assume.

GrumpyNl Dec 16, 2017 View on HN

Give people power and it will be corrupted.

i8comments Jan 15, 2024 View on HN

Thats not how having power over others works.

ceejayoz Nov 2, 2019 View on HN

Maybe no one should have that level of power.

adrianN Aug 26, 2017 View on HN

Only give power to people who don't want it.

IAmWorried Apr 22, 2022 View on HN

Powerful people will be powerful people. Who the hell cares?

AutoCorrect Mar 2, 2013 View on HN

those that want power aren't fit to wield it, those fit to wield it don't want it.

HPsquared Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

Power corrupts, and corruption empowers.

pnathan Jun 13, 2018 View on HN

Unchecked power is a bad thing to hand to another human being.