Power
is like money; people don't care how you get it. What matters is the
status they grant you and not how that status was attained. At the
end of the day, two rich and powerful men, are equal regardless of
their history. You can build a business with hours of hard work, or
you can finance it with grand larceny.
Minecraft
“Notch” and rapper Jay-Z, could sit and break bread at the same
table. They both acquired an enormous fortune, and it's safe to say
they earned it. The only big difference between the artists, is that
one of them started outside the law. It's hard to tell when they're
in a hotel, and club owners offer them the same luxuries. So the ends
always justify the means, but sometimes death is justified too.
Classic
Movie Trailers – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Have
you ever had a boss that didn't follow his own rules? Have you ever
seen one disregarding restrictions? You can ask workers to shut off
their phones, but there's always an excuse, so the manager doesn't
have to. Sometimes, there are valid reasons for exemptions, but most
of the time it's “do as I say and not as I do”.
The
manager I'm talking about is a bully in disguise. Their power places
them above others. If you look closely you can find a lot of bullies;
some are in jail and some are in public office. If you want an
extreme case of the subject, take a look at any dictator.
A
ruler doesn't kill subjects to do them good. A ruler kills to crush
dissent. If the dictator was acting in the interests of everyone,
there wouldn't have been dissent in the first place. Yet no one can
deny the situation; heads of state have no pretenders to the throne.
If they attained office without the majority vote, it doesn't matter
at the end of the day.
What
does matter, is the power to get away with murder. They can disregard
the rules and nothing happens to them. In the old west, these men
were thieves and bandits, but some of them were sheriffs, mayors or
senators. They can threaten your lifestyle or threaten your life, but
all of them are bullies, regardless of how they do it.
The
hold on the situation is always tenuous. Fear is never the greatest
motivator. It does work for a while, but if it did so indefinitely,
there wouldn't be such a thing as revolution. If you go and check
history, you'll find that those are common enough.
You
can't threaten to shoot people, or throw your weight around, and
expect that it'll stay that way forever. A lot of people will steer
clear of you, but others will eventually stand in your way. It could
end in a shoot out by the saloon, or it could turn into a civil war.
One thing you can definitely be sure of, is that nothing is stable
forever.
War
crimes are punished, in court or otherwise. Liars dodge the consequences,
but it's only a temporary stay. So there is a difference between the rich
and powerful, but for a time it's hard to notice it. If you do wonder
about someone, consider how they died and the number of people
mourning them.
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