"Power corrupts" is a well-known axiom, but most people don't grasp why.
Power doesn't make you a worse person. That's not the problem.
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The problem is that power aligns your interests with the powerful - such as yourself.Thus, you are corrupted by default. No change needed.
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People like John Oliver and J.K. Rowling aren't evil. They're rich, or employed by the rich.
Their interests follow naturally from that
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