That's why a billionaire before he is a politician is a threat to all these politicians who are not millionaires until they become politicians. All on a <$200K salary. Amazing.
People who seek power just for the sake of power should be as far away from it as possible. End the system.
YES! Destroy the Ring of Power! Tolkien had it completely right: the unbridled Power to coerce others is hellishly addictive and corrupting. It attracts sociopaths and psychopaths, and corrupts the innocent to further its own ends. Civil society is the ONLY cure for the slavery created and enforced by Power.
From Peter Jackson's film version of Lord of the Rings:
(Frodo, desperately handing the Ring to Gandalf)
Take it, Gandalf. Take it!
(Gandalf, backing away from the Ring)
No, Frodo.
(Frodo)
You must take it!
(Gandalf)
You cannot offer me this Ring.
(Frodo)
I'm giving it to you!
(Gandalf)
Don't tempt me, Frodo! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo – I would use this Ring from a desire to do good . . . [long pause] . . . but through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
One of the reasons Trump is different. He's not a politician.
That's why a billionaire before he is a politician is a threat to all these politicians who are not millionaires until they become politicians. All on a <$200K salary. Amazing.
AOC is already worth over a million, after just 4? years
YES! Destroy the Ring of Power! Tolkien had it completely right: the unbridled Power to coerce others is hellishly addictive and corrupting. It attracts sociopaths and psychopaths, and corrupts the innocent to further its own ends. Civil society is the ONLY cure for the slavery created and enforced by Power.
From Peter Jackson's film version of Lord of the Rings:
(Frodo, desperately handing the Ring to Gandalf)
(Gandalf, backing away from the Ring)
(Frodo)
(Gandalf)
(Frodo)
(Gandalf)