I just don't understand why some people have the strong desire to control others. Isn't it enough to control themselves? Yet, so many of those control-freaks don't control themselves. They seem to want to control others instead.
Some of them gravitate towards jobs, such as in government, where they can use coercion to control others, while some simply exercise their coercion and control in their private lives. Either way, they seek to become the tyrant of their own mini-kingdom.
My desire to control others ends at the borders of my own existence: Try to force me to do your bidding, and I will try to control, limit, or end your ability to coerce me, or if that fails, I will simply resist. I think this puts me in a definite minority (again). Ah well. I am used to it.
The thing that I find most illogical about those who are in the control-freak crowd is their belief that most people are evil, so they need to be controlled. I ask them if people are so evil, how can anyone be trusted with power?
ReplyDeleteThey seem to assume that they and their leaders are somehow a breed apart, better than the unwashed masses or are aided by God.
History suggests the opposite. The more a person seeks power, the more evil they tend to be. No one who seeks power can be trusted with it.