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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7397934" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>No, that's an observation by me about those that normally seek after or attain power. In other words, I'm condemning the powerful and the pursuit of power. You could almost say that I'm stating a rule which suggests that those that seek after power are inherently less worthy of respect, and those that forgo and eschew power are the ones that one ought to emulate and admire. I'm suggesting that if you really want to be great, reach below your station. Stop striving to be great, if by great you mean powerful.</p><p></p><p>But what do I know, I've already suggested that of my own creations, I admire most the God of Fools.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not the sort of power we are talking about here. But, besides which, the fact that power is relative undermines your next argument.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How does that follow? And even if that were true, surely reducing the power of everyone would accomplish the same end. After all, you said that power is relative, so it really doesn't matter how much power everyone has; rather, it only matters how much power everyone has compared to everyone else. It seems to me that the more you ennoble this idea of the pursuit of power, and the more of this thing called power you spread around, and the more you honor those that have it, the more likely it is that power will end up lumpy and clumpy. </p><p></p><p>But the most serious problem with your diagnosis to me seems to be that the mob is just as unjust as the tyrant. I can't take seriously anyone that looks at the condition of the human race and thinks that if we just organized power differently, or if we just made everyone even more powerful, that things would be better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why? Why is it necessarily the case that the powerful look on the powerless and say to each other, "Whoa there. You better not abuse the powerless. I'm watching you." Because one look at humanities history would tell you that that usually doesn't happen. Rather, the most human of all responses is to look at the world and say, "Things would be so much better if we just got rid of the useless people. We could fix this for everyone if we just got rid of those people that are dragging us all down." The normal response of the powerful is band together and look down on everyone else with contempt. Why do you think your new race of gods would be any different?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7397934, member: 4937"] No, that's an observation by me about those that normally seek after or attain power. In other words, I'm condemning the powerful and the pursuit of power. You could almost say that I'm stating a rule which suggests that those that seek after power are inherently less worthy of respect, and those that forgo and eschew power are the ones that one ought to emulate and admire. I'm suggesting that if you really want to be great, reach below your station. Stop striving to be great, if by great you mean powerful. But what do I know, I've already suggested that of my own creations, I admire most the God of Fools. Not the sort of power we are talking about here. But, besides which, the fact that power is relative undermines your next argument. How does that follow? And even if that were true, surely reducing the power of everyone would accomplish the same end. After all, you said that power is relative, so it really doesn't matter how much power everyone has; rather, it only matters how much power everyone has compared to everyone else. It seems to me that the more you ennoble this idea of the pursuit of power, and the more of this thing called power you spread around, and the more you honor those that have it, the more likely it is that power will end up lumpy and clumpy. But the most serious problem with your diagnosis to me seems to be that the mob is just as unjust as the tyrant. I can't take seriously anyone that looks at the condition of the human race and thinks that if we just organized power differently, or if we just made everyone even more powerful, that things would be better. Why? Why is it necessarily the case that the powerful look on the powerless and say to each other, "Whoa there. You better not abuse the powerless. I'm watching you." Because one look at humanities history would tell you that that usually doesn't happen. Rather, the most human of all responses is to look at the world and say, "Things would be so much better if we just got rid of the useless people. We could fix this for everyone if we just got rid of those people that are dragging us all down." The normal response of the powerful is band together and look down on everyone else with contempt. Why do you think your new race of gods would be any different? [/QUOTE]
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