AliceMA to FediverseEnglish · 5 months agoCan we improve the Fediverse Allow-List Model? - Divisions by zerolemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-linkCan we improve the Fediverse Allow-List Model? - Divisions by zerolemmy.dbzer0.comAliceMA to FediverseEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaresplinterAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoPower corrupts, even petty power can do that to the weak.
minus-squareSJ0linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoFor sure. It isn’t a virtue to be powerless to help or harm people and choose to do neither. Virtue is in having the choice and making the right one.
minus-squaresplinterAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI think that often gets lost on people, as you say, being powerless isn’t a virtue, and lots of people go off the rails the moment they get even a hint of power
Power corrupts, even petty power can do that to the weak.
For sure. It isn’t a virtue to be powerless to help or harm people and choose to do neither. Virtue is in having the choice and making the right one.
I think that often gets lost on people, as you say, being powerless isn’t a virtue, and lots of people go off the rails the moment they get even a hint of power