i suppose it is possible for power to be shared, in a near utopia situation, but as far as i can tell, the reason ppl seek power
is because power has tangible benefits,
and you can make life better for you and your ppl
while making somebody else's life worse.

if a group is powerless, they will be exploited by the ppl in power until they build some power.


and if history is any indication, nobody gives up power willingly.

the gay civil rights movement is the only time i can think of
where previously disenfranchised ppl got rights without
some kind of war or bloodshed.

american colonies got free of Great Britian using violence.
slavery was instituted and eradicated using violence.
the police and the CIA used violence against Black ppl during the Civil Rights movement,

and on and on and on.

if you don't see it, i don't know how you don't.


>and i don't see any correlation between having power and
>having a need to make others miserable in order to keep it
>that's narcissism
>which has a medical classification and....underlying causes