IMHO, power is a daemonificus, a demon-maker. You want to t…
IMHO, power is a daemonificus, a demon-maker.
You want to turn a good man into a demon? Give him power.
What is power if not the ability to do evil (violate other people's rights) with impunity?
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Does God not have enormous power?
Is God evil?
I don't think so.
Power is the ability to do stuff within a given period of time.
There's nothing good or evil about power.
Same with energy, the good and evil isn't within the energy or power, more the observer, i.e, what they choose to do with it.
I think we aren't comparable with God, not in this regard or any other.
Our different view here seems to be largely semantic in nature.
Unfortunately, the term power in English is not very precise. It encompasses a lot of things. I was referring to what I'd call political power, for lack of a better term.
Hope that clears things up.