Power Tends To Corrupt And Absolute Power Corrupts Everything?

The Simpsons writers in the television show, “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”, explains that there is corruption for those in power and it can be easy for those in power to become corrupt.

In 1887, historian John Dalberg-Acton asserted, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." This theme has a prominent role in history, literature, and even current times. Certainly, many instances have occurred where once someone earns authority, they allow it to get to their head and do things they would not have done otherwise. Similarly, it is also seen that when one is inferior or beneath others, they receive a hunger for power. Specifically, a few prime examples of people who became corrupted because of their dominance include Marc Antony from Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Joseph Stalin, and Kim Jong-un. These rulers negatively impacted the places they ruled all because of their abusive tendencies that came with dominance.

Tyranny is cruel and oppressive government or rules this is a king or dictator it can be one person or group of people.In Philadelphia 1787 James Madison, one of the 55 framers of the constitution, was nervous that in creating a new government one person or group of people could gain too much power. How did the basic framework of American guard against one person or group of people going to much power?The constitution guarded against tyranny in two ways, checks and balances, and federalism.

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Sophocles shows how power can be corrupted through hubris and invokes the limits of power of a ruler. Also, Sophocles exposes how the presence of dominance can Antigone continues to argue with Creon over the justification of her harsh sentence. Within the heated debate, Antigone says to Creon that “Not a man here would say the opposite, were his tongue not locked in fear. Unfortunately, tyranny (blessed in so much else besides) can lay down the law down any way it wants” (Sophocles 212). Within the argument, Antigone is saying to Creon that he should let her go because if the people were to speak liberally, they would agree with her on letting her go since she was doing what she needed to do as family. Sophocles uses this didactic quote in order to teach us how a one-man state or autocratic ruler tends to become corrupt by showing how Creon 's pride made him unaware from the opinions of his people. Through his blindness, he was able to expand his power because any sort of restraint from the Thebans would have been seen as treason from his own perspective. Sophocles shows through this experience that absolute power—perpetuated by a person’s hubris—can only lead to a corrupt state where no one is able to put a restraint on power. It could be expanded that Sophocles is advocating for democracy because he lived in Athens at a time when democracy was at its infancy. All that Sophocles is invoking to the reader is that if the power of the king was to be limited

Jack replies, “No, I’m good. Thank you anyways.” He thought of two reasons he wasn’t going to buy the newspaper, he didn’t care much for today’s news and the man was being too rude to even think about doing business with.

The history of a country is usually deep and complex. This is the same for the United States. The U.S history is very complex with lots of history, including the making of the U.S constitution. The making of our “rulebook” was important because it fixed issues with the Article of Confederation. But, we needed a way to fix the problem of Tyranny. And they did. I think the Government stopped tyranny by Separating powers, checks and balances, and keeping Voting Amounts inline.

'"I just thought you'd all like to hear the latest news on Larsen... He's working for us, now." (Said Greg) ... "Why for heavens sake?" (Said Lesley) "

How does power corrupt people. Think about it, have you ever met somebody that just freaked out because they were under rule. People get mad when they go under rule because they can't do stuff themselves. Does power make people think they have to obey everything or just makes them think they are under it for their own good.

“As if you’ve anything to fear from me, just curious how you plan to clean up after such a sloppy murder.” “I do this all the time kid, sorry, it’s nothing personal.” I’m assuming he planned to kill me in that moment, but I didn’t give him a chance. Quickly, snaking up behind the man, I saved myself, grabbed him, and began my interrogation. “So, you claim the murder wasn’t personal right?

“My office is right at the back of the clinic, I saw what was happening on the news and took precautions before they tried to check this room. They think the door won’t open because the room is empty and if you don’t mind me being quiet, I’d like to let them keep thinking that.” He grumbled.

"I'm a little bit in trouble, Blerina. I was supposed to be finding things to fix my boat when I stumbled into the auction. Well, not my boat, but my family's. In any case, I was trying to find my way here…" He showed her the navigation map on his phone, pointing to the destination. "The trouble is those guys took all my cash. I still have some credit cards but I already got the maximum cash out on all the cards. Not that you should feel guilty; I don't want that. I mean, I would do that again in a second. So, are you OK? Do you have family that's missing you? How did you get involved with those guys?"

I shook my head and looked down, knowing he was just saying what I wanted to hear. His eyes bled into the crown of my head. When I glanced up, I saw the camera staring at me as it rested against his chest.

“I hate workin’ this job too, but we gotta make a living,” George said. “How else can we do it? Besides, you might get lucky one day and become like the other guys.”

“You were nice once, caring even, has your quest for power sapped all compassion from your sorry sack of bones teacher?” Mac said cheekily, trying to ignore the fact that he was struggling to take in air, struggling to breathe.