Lord Acton had said eons back that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Today, we see this with celebrity
status turning easily to megalomania. One sees this is all politics and glamour
industries. Most in politics where international power of statesmanship seems
to be a hotbed for human destruction, e.g., the Russia Ukraine war. Or the
threat of nuclear invasions … a complete misuse of power.
Power seems to have the power of destabilization
of the mind. An imbalance created within the yin and yang factors within all
humans. And the attempt to play God without having the necessary qualities of
compassion and empathy for all mankind. Dangerous for the world!
It is as if the higher they reach
the more they lose ground reality. In that high space, their vision becomes
more myopic, confined to their own endless desires. The connectivity with the
rest of the humanity eludes them.
There have always been these
kinds of destructive minorities who manage to gain absolute powers. But the
ground reality also is, that the weaker majority puts them on that pedestal
from where they take the leap towards megalomania.
Surekha Kothari
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