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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8497716" data-attributes="member: 177">That the situation is &quot;human nature&quot; and that you don't have power to change it is your opinion.&nbsp; I will accept that you cannot remake the world on your own with a snap of your fingers, but that you lack any and all power to change things does not look like fact to me.Your assertion that you don't have power aligns conveniently with your prior abdication of responsibility.&nbsp; If you accept that you do have power, that brings up the question of having the responsibility to use that power for good.Indeed, your position becomes a bit transparent we we note that you say that having power is all that matters, and that people should cultivate a resignation so that they don't bother speaking up.Because speaking up is a use of power.&nbsp; For each individual, it may not be a whole lot of power, but drops add up to full buckets.&nbsp; What you have actually said is, &quot;All that matters is the power to change things, and you should not use yours.&quot;&nbsp; Which, in the end, looks like an attempt to use your power to maintain the status quo, where you have no responsibility, or bothersome moral questions hanging over you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8497716, member: 177"] That the situation is "human nature" and that you don't have power to change it is your opinion. I will accept that you cannot remake the world on your own with a snap of your fingers, but that you lack any and all power to change things does not look like fact to me. Your assertion that you don't have power aligns conveniently with your prior abdication of responsibility. If you accept that you do have power, that brings up the question of having the responsibility to use that power for good. Indeed, your position becomes a bit transparent we we note that you say that having power is all that matters, and that people should cultivate a resignation so that they don't bother speaking up. Because speaking up [I]is a use of power[/I]. For each individual, it may not be a whole lot of power, but drops add up to full buckets. What you have actually said is, "All that matters is the power to change things, and you should not use yours." Which, in the end, looks like an attempt to use your power to maintain the status quo, where you have no responsibility, or bothersome moral questions hanging over you. [/QUOTE]

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