If people start getting together to pursue some common aim the group often becomes so large that some sort of organisation is required. If that organisation is seen to acquire any power then those seeking power will gravitate towards it whether they support all the aims of the group or not.
When they have the power for themselves they want to expand that power. If that means going aginst the ideals of the original group then that is a price they are willing to pay.
Inertia being what it is, the rank and file will not notice or think that nothing can be done. Others, in even more powerful groupings, will often co-opt the current management team to help with their projects.
Sadly, this is just human nature at work.
If people start getting together to pursue some common aim the group often becomes so large that some sort of organisation is required. If that organisation is seen to acquire any power then those seeking power will gravitate towards it whether they support all the aims of the group or not.
When they have the power for themselves they want to expand that power. If that means going aginst the ideals of the original group then that is a price they are willing to pay.
Inertia being what it is, the rank and file will not notice or think that nothing can be done. Others, in even more powerful groupings, will often co-opt the current management team to help with their projects.
Examples: Greenpeace and Catholic Church.
The_Watcher, that's an excellent description of the toxic nature of Power.
Power over others attracts psychopaths and sociopaths almost hypnotically AND is hellishly addictive and corrupting once attained.
"That government is best, which governs not at all." ~ Henry David Thoreau, in Civil Disobedience.
Radical? Yes, in the sense of going to the heart of the matter. Forcible government is the worst way to do ANYTHING.
Not a popular opinion on this board, but true nonetheless.
Power abhors a vacuum, and it is likely filled by the biggest meanest sob in town. I think a republic is the best we can do in our circumstances.