"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man."
- Lord Acton
Power is inherent in all of our lives. We each have it in one form or another. Some have it as a form to help people, some as a manifestation as physical strength, while some as an ability to guide, and the list goes on.Whether we choose to act on it is up us as individuals. Some people choose often to act on their powers, and usually not in a positive way. The power that people have changes them. They are no longer in control of themselves; it is as if the power they possess is a puppeteer of the wielder, manipulating them; controlling them.
Human Nature is such that the slightest notion of power sends down even the purest down a violent spiral of chaos to the pits of darkness. Take for instance, every politician in India. Many become politicians to save the country from further degradation, but what happens when the pure of heart, the people who enter politics to abolish corruption become tempted with all the glamour, grandeur, and gifts that type life has to offer. It is very easy to slip into the hands such a powerful enticer. The benefits of it are phenomenal, and as a result people whom choose the easy way out are often rewarded (unfairly, of course) with false fame, and coin,
The quote above is very true, since nearly all humans are corrupt and lazy; if given the opportunity to receive infamy and luxury, even at the expense of other, we would surely do so. That is just who we are; all of us are selfish, egocentric, and power-hungry in one way or another.
What if, one day you were given the chance to attain immortality, but knew that if you did millions of people would die, would you do it?
What if, one day you were offered ten billion dollars, but knew that in doing so more than half the population would be robbed of the opportunity to earn it through hard, sincere labor, would you do it?
What if, one day you were blessed with the ability to control the minds of others, but in accepting you would annihilate every shred of privacy, freedom, or independence from this planet, would you do it?
History has taught us that we would. We are all greedy at heart. However, we can always become bigger people than everyone before us. We are our own people, and at the end of the day our decisions make us who we are. We can choose to follow the curve, or we can choose to become the new, evolved species of human.
Word Count: 600
Human Nature is such that the slightest notion of power sends down even the purest down a violent spiral of chaos to the pits of darkness. Take for instance, every politician in India. Many become politicians to save the country from further degradation, but what happens when the pure of heart, the people who enter politics to abolish corruption become tempted with all the glamour, grandeur, and gifts that type life has to offer. It is very easy to slip into the hands such a powerful enticer. The benefits of it are phenomenal, and as a result people whom choose the easy way out are often rewarded (unfairly, of course) with false fame, and coin,
The quote above is very true, since nearly all humans are corrupt and lazy; if given the opportunity to receive infamy and luxury, even at the expense of other, we would surely do so. That is just who we are; all of us are selfish, egocentric, and power-hungry in one way or another.
What if, one day you were given the chance to attain immortality, but knew that if you did millions of people would die, would you do it?
What if, one day you were offered ten billion dollars, but knew that in doing so more than half the population would be robbed of the opportunity to earn it through hard, sincere labor, would you do it?
What if, one day you were blessed with the ability to control the minds of others, but in accepting you would annihilate every shred of privacy, freedom, or independence from this planet, would you do it?
History has taught us that we would. We are all greedy at heart. However, we can always become bigger people than everyone before us. We are our own people, and at the end of the day our decisions make us who we are. We can choose to follow the curve, or we can choose to become the new, evolved species of human.
Word Count: 600
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