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by madjoe » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:57 pm
if you can't abuse it?
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by PurplePlane » Tue Feb 14, 2017 4:10 am
Even if you have certain guidelines that come with the use of power, and are strictly monitored to make sure you don't abuse it, I personally would feel somewhat satisfied that I have power over others and could control them.
However what specifically are you referring to? Usually even if you are monitored you can still find loopholes and weak spots which would allow you to abuse it.
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by big Anatoly » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:39 am
To abuse power it must be precedented, a given thing, a role?
Making ones own power means it can't be abused correct?
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by Courtier » Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:18 am
Power is the ability to affect change at will, regardless of others' wills. Your argument is essentially 'if I cannot affect change because of restrictions imposed by others on my power then is it really power and if so what is the point?'. There is a utility within the scope of it's 'proper', 'appropriate' or 'agreed' use to affect change favourably and so it still is useful even when not being abused beyond what others have agreed to allowing you to do with it.
The goal might always be to expand and consolidate a power base. That seems sensible. And perhaps abusing your power when it affords you extra might sometimes be sensible too. Clearly this comes down to cost/benefit/risk-profile management, since stepping outside your bounds allowed may reduce your power base. A notion that without abuse of power then that power is redundant, I think, is mistaken.
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by MotherRussia » Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:44 am
To have power means you have a position of influence and control over others. This can be useful for a lot of reasons.
To abuse it means a person using that power for harmful, nefarious, or selfish reasons. A PD'd person in power is not advisable for this reason.
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