Law of Power and Absolute Power

 

Is the law of power and absolute power true? So far, in my life time I have never met a soul who disagrees. That means there is a continuum between no power at all ….and absolute absolute power.

You may be aware, I don’t use quantitative analysis or economic models in studying economics. I do use charts and graphs  to illustrate points and generate understanding. The chart to the left illustrates how corruption increases with levels of power.

Based on the law of power and absolute power, anyone we elect to public office is more corrupt than the voters who elected him. World leaders do not have absolute power but come mighty close.North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, within his own country, is about as close to completely corrupt ….of any world leaders today.

Based on the power and absolute power principle – how corrupt on a scale from one to ten would the president of the United States be? The president is deemed to be the most powerful human on the planet. That implies that any president is pretty high on the corruption scale.

One night, I was having a conversation with a couple of Trump supporters. I asked them this. “On the day after the election in 2016, was Trump more corrupt than he was the day before…. when he was a candidate?” The response I got was, “No, not Donald Trump – he is a good guy”…. and on and on……………

Are elected leaders more corrupt than the voters who elect them?

Do you believe that law of power and absolute power is true?

If it is true, then any president is more corrupt upon being elected than he was prior to being elected. His level of power has gone parabolic. Every time we empower leaders, we increase the level of corruption correspondingly.

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The Coming Tech Train Wreck

The Coming Tech Train Wreck PDF Version
When a person is based in reality and not observing the world through the prism, he gets a lot of free information. Little things matter and all the dots start to connect.  One of my ongoing points, is that all animals including humans have an innate ability to recognize threats, dangers and opportunities. This is a survival thing. Another point I make is that companies with products and services which are immoral or have no utility to society have a short lifespan…. compared to others.

Big tech corporations honestly have a negative utility and are immoral. That means they have an end. For our tech industry, the end may be in sight. Continue reading

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No One Blames Government

Americans are more than ever looking for guarantees of safety from government. They also look to government to provide them with solutions to all of life’s problems. Citizens opt for life and healthcare management as provided in the Affordable Care Act. Government is seen as able to create jobs and enhance the economy. The Federal Reserve is deemed good and necessary for managing the economy. This is while the Fed has not had a good year since its beginning in 1914. Fiscal policy is seen as a reasonable method of stimulating the economy. Most folks gleefully put on masks and took vaccines at the government’s insistence…. as if that made them good citizens. Continue reading

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James Quillian is Still Alive


PDF Files of All Posts Over the Past Three Years

Fantasy Free Economics has never been widely read. Prior to censorship, I had as many as 1300 reads in a day. Post censorship , my number of readers is always under 100. Back around 2019, as small as my blog is, my work was cataloged by a government agency.

On December 11, Fantasy Free Economics was shut down. Basically my URL was stolen. Now my domain names are blocked. I still basically own the URL for Fantasy Free Economics. I cannot use it because I am simply blocked. Continue reading

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Messiah Seeking And Voting

The biggest problem we have with democratic
principles is that by voting, citizens are submitting
to one candidate or another. In totalitarian societies,
people are born in a state of submission, so my
comments should not be taken as a call to do away
with democracy.

There are two styles of representation
Trustee
Model
and the Delegate Model. In the United
States, the Trustee Model is all that is used.

There are no delegates in congress. Continue reading

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Understanding 2022 Mid Term Elections

 

What is the fantasy free approach to politics and the mid-terms? It comes down to making assessments without the handicap of looking at the situation through the prism of fantasy.
First we must get in touch with reality. For that, recommend reading or re-reading my recent post,
The Daunting Nature Of Reality.
As it is, Americans are messiah seekers. Messiah
seeking is as old as humanity. Christians deem Jesus as their messiah. Few realize how many professed messiahs presented themselves to the Jewish population before Jesus came along? Continue reading

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