Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87

Re:Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87 by mpyne on Monday April 08, 2013 @01:57PM (#5513334)

He's saying that it's the position of power that is morally bankrupt, not the man that happens to be filling it today.

If tomorrow a woman was in the same position of power then it would still be morally bankrupt, because it is the position which leads to moral bankruptcy, not the person filling the position.

This is the kind of claim that is made by those arguing for systemic changes; i.e. that the system itself is corrupt and can't be fixed just by inserting "good people".

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Re:Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87 by run4yourlives on Monday April 08, 2013 @03:17PM (#5513839)

Thanks, that's a much better explanation in half as many words.

Personally, because I don't automatically view a position of power as corrupting, it's not a view I can support. 'Good people' make measurable differences everyday, and if women want to be those good people than all the power to them.

Anarchism is such a teenage fantasy.

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