Why do we need power?

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Why do we need power?

rhetoric please

2007-11-12 12:14:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics

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Power is always present in any relationship - its what we do with power that is the ethical question.

2007-11-12 12:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Power quells fear, of inadequacy, and those who lust for it are often the least capable of using it wisely.
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Lord Acton

2007-11-12 12:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Well, electric power runs our computers, without which we wouldn't be able to waste our time on Y!A...

2007-11-12 12:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

so that thomas edison wouldn't get scared.(seriously, that why he invented the light bulb)

2007-11-12 12:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by Alan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋