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Idiom: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Oh boy, if Lord Acton only knew just how right he was more than 100 years ago.
I wish he could explain why every person – man, woman, or child – who has absolute power eventually becomes so corrupted.
It’s one of the reasons why many countries, such as the US, have presidential term limits.
You see, the idiom power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely means when a person has power, it corrupts them or rots them from the inside. Gradually their morals are weakened, and they concentrate on helping themselves instead of those they lead.
Russia is a great example.
That country did have term limits on the president, but Putin managed to change that.
Now he is president for life.
How’s that working out for Russia at the moment?
China will soon, if it hasn’t already, begin to fail.
The communist party had term limits for a reason – to prevent too much power from being concentrated in one person.
Xi has changed that.
Even Japan is experiencing difficulties because the same party has been in power almost uninterrupted since the end of WWII.
Corruption comes in many styles.
We must remember that power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When new blood takes leadership, they also bring new ideas, modernization, and novel approaches to how things can and should be done.
A leadership change is not bad if the transfer of power takes place peacefully.
Change is a good thing, especially regarding leadership, because, as we know, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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