Might vs. Right - Power does not corrupt

NRO ^ | October 23, 2002 | Jonah Goldberg

[redbari]

You contradict yourself.
You say power breeds corruption, and then you say the "powerless" have not learned the lessons they need to know to be able to judge what is corrupt and what is not. You say the "powerless" need to be educated about the rules of civilization", but it is the ones who are educated and in power that are placing corruption out into society everyday, and then you throw in this quote " absolute power corrupts absolutely" Who are you with the ones with power that are corrupting society or the "powerless" that are trying to retaliate against these educated people who are ruining society?

[Chemist_Geek]

I believe it would be more accurate to say "a culture that is virtuous or religious..."

That's assuming religiosity necessarily causes one to be virtous, noble, untyrranical, etc. That is not the case.

[StarchildSF]

“...only an ignoramus would think that the “powerless” (and therefore allegedly virtuous) nations of the world would do better with such might (imagine, say, Robert Mugabe with trillions of dollars and a first-class army).”

Actually, Robert Mugabe *did* have trillions of Zimbabwean dollars at one point. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for the rest of us), they were next to worthless, because he’d hyper-inflated the currency.