Power Corrupts, Science Proves It...
“All power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,”
And now, science “proves” it…
Corruption is a very common occurrence
in…
· Politics… Presidents and politicians are indebted to their donors… They
will lobby for them and they will skew the laws for them… and they will be
rewarded accordingly…
· The Army… Generals and the rest… and the police…have license to kill and they
use it against all those whom they dislike…
· Judges and attorneys…They arrest anyone their prejudice fancies… They
invent interpret laws according to their likes and dislikes…
· Business … These people are professional cheaters and robbers… They
manipulate the markets to satisfy their GREED and make more profit…
· Organized religion … The sex scandals and the monies paid for the victims
is enormous… and the Islamic Jihadists are a living prove of abuse of religion…
and the riches of the Vatican and other palaces for the Princes of the Churches
is abundant proof of corruption
· …and the rest of the power elite…The Big brothers… I am sure all the
readers have encountered a corrupt and power hungry Big Brother or two… be it a
teacher, a principal, a politician…be it a police-person… and be it a male or a
female… Indeed power corrupts… and we have witnessed it in our everyday life…
But now science comes to help us too…
University of Lausanne...
A study was conducted by the Swiss University of Lausanne… which about PRACTICE rather than
theory…actually the theory should follow the practice and myriad examples…from
our experience and from those of other…
They conducted an experiment with real money... and ALL participant-leaders were corrupted at the end of the experiment...
The team of researchers
performed two versions…
The team
performed two anonymous experiments, both variations of the famous “dictator
game” in which a leader is put in charge of distributing an imaginary sum of
money. The more they kept for themselves, the less others would get.
Money can do magic and feed the hungry...but it can do evil and destroy the world too...
So as the
results were representative, the money
was real.
The study
found that initially all leaders, regardless of levels of honesty, said they
believed it right to act for the greater good — only 3 percent believed
the leader should benefit more than anyone else. The social norm was
clear.
The study also measured the levels of testosterone of
leaders — with a saliva test —
to see if an increase made
them less sensitive to the suffering of others. The answer was a resounding yes. More
testosterone led to more anti-social behavior, which suggests women are less
likely to become corrupt than men.
Why they have Gandhi on the money...
Why they write "In God we Trust" on the dollar bill...?
So it turns out that even if a leader is shown to be honest and
trustworthy before taking office, or becoming a CEO, or taking an oath to
participate in a religious order…it might not last.
So it is on people power… to limit a leader’s avarice…and GREED…
The people in Ferguson are finding it the hard way…while awaiting
the verdict on the police who killed an unarmed and mischievous young African
American…
The students in Hong Kong are finding it very difficult to reign the
appetite of the Chinese Big Brothers for more and more power…
The Ukrainians are finding it the hard way…4000 or more are killed…
while the West and East… The U.S. and Russia are struggling for hegemony and
power…
The Ebola victims…in West Africa are finding it the hard way… more
than 10, 000 are dead…
Indeed power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely… The
experiment with real money…at University of Lausanne... does not leave much
room for doubt… GREED rules and human GREED is both dangerous and lethal…
Educate the younger generation to share and to cooperate…That’s
the only way…Start with the education system…and teach the kids to love instead
of bullying…to cooperate instead of competing… and share instead of selfish
greed…
It can be done…where there is will, there is possibility…
Have the vision and the will to change… Get involved and make a
difference.
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