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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by awb on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:44PM (#30550453)
> We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism

And why not criminals while we’re at it?

Sounds like utopia.

The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by worldsayshi on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:57PM (#30550524)
>The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

I think we confuse the direction of causality a bit here. People in power tends to be those that want power. To get a powerful person you only really need one person who wants power. I think it's a false conclusion to think that people in general seek power.

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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by awb on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:28PM (#30550705)
How To Win Friends and Influence People is an historical best seller. Almost everyone wants to be rich. Money is power.

I don’t know how many people would be able to resist the One Ring if it was within their reach.

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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by arvinsim on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:05AM (#30550908)
> The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

Currently, it is disguised as politics and capitalism.

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