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by imwillofficial 1330 days ago
I feel like this is most of humanity. Perhaps a central trait of humanity, following authority, the crowd, the tribe, whatever.

This has revealed the importance of being an authority who can spread truth, whereas I used to think seeking power was evil in of itself, now I see it as a powerful tool to spread goodness to those who only respond to power.

(I recently read the 48 laws of power and it was illuminating)