• Mac@mander.xyz
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    8 days ago

    Public opinion used to matter, now they onow that they can get away with quite literally whatever they want.

    They need reigned in.

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      8 days ago

      If they can do anything, and we know humans are corrupted easily when given so much power, is there any other option to stop them, other than death?

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        we know humans are corrupted easily when given so much power

        Are people corrupted by power?

        Or is corruption a means by which people accrue power?

        is there any other option to stop them, other than death?

        Mass opposition movements can quickly defang a corrupt official. At the end of the day, you only have as much authority as other people are willing to give you.

        But social networks of patronage give each individual a strong incentive to defend the corrupt organization as a whole. So the network only fails when an even greater number of dissidents stop taking orders.