Post #4400843
2026-08-05 23:31 UTC
@guyjantic@infosec.exchange
Well, there's a difference between wanting power to set things right and wanting power to avenge wrongs, but I admit its a fairly slippery slope.
Replies (1)
-
@guyjantic@infosec.exchange 2026-08-06 00:58
@rl_dane@polymaths.social I don't know the answer to this, because concentrating power, legitimized by a whole bunch of people, in one or a very few other people, can be a very efficient way to get things done. But power really does corrupt; we've all seen it. The DNC leaders blocking progressive candidates right now in favor of politicians who want to cooperate with ICE, appease Trump, etc. were presumably filled with all the right motivations at some point in the past. I can see some of the problems but I don't know how to fix them. I am tired of seeing liberals become behavioral reactionaries as a "necessary" strategy to beat reactionaries, with predictable results.