Power destroys empathy

[cjsmith]

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.

Comments

[hitchhiker]

i assumed that wasn't the kind of power they were talking about, because it's not the "power corrupts" sort. it's totally the kind everyone should be pursuing instead, i agree!

[cjsmith]

But IS it the "power corrupts" sort as well? I am not sure that's clear.