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while people can be reasonable and considerate when they are dealing with equals, human nature is such that they cannot be trusted to do so when given power over others. Give someone such power, they will almost invariably abuse it in some way or another.

✏️ Is it as simple and cold as that? Give a person a teeny amount of power over others, and it invariably corrupts?
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