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Power destroys empathy
If power were a prescription drug, it would come with a long list of known side effects. It can intoxicate. It can corrupt. It can even make Henry Kissinger believe that he’s sexually magnetic. But can it cause brain damage?
Tl;dr: yes.
(Yeah, I know. Water, wet.)
What's most interesting to me is that even when the people affected know exactly what's happening and why, they can't consciously fight it.
Tl;dr: yes.
(Yeah, I know. Water, wet.)
What's most interesting to me is that even when the people affected know exactly what's happening and why, they can't consciously fight it.