“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.” – John Steinbeck. According to John Steinbeck it’s not absolute power that corrupts people, its fear of losing that power. When people gain power that he may do as he/she would like, then forthwith he/she starts contemplating about how he/she may preserve this load of power, and if he/she contemplating about how to preserve this power then he anticipates losing it that’s why he/she would preserve it. While worrying about the amount of power, and how not to lose it, people do bad things, which corrupt them and their people.
Absolute power and leadership can be connect to George Orwell’s book “Animal Farm”, where Napoleon possess all the power and personality gets seriously damaged by this absolute power. Napoleon’s is the example of both mentioned assertions. On the other hand, Napoleon fears of losing his leadership and his power. Main reason being that he got rid of Snowball, if Snowball continued to be with him then the leadership would divide in half and he’d never get absolute power anymore, so got rid of Snowball to maintain his absolute power. On the other hand Napoleon gets very self-confident by all of the things he can do after he gets the trust of all other animals and they think of him as
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All this enormous amount of power should be divided on certain group of people, who can discuss and share their opinions with each other without secrets. Absolute power is bigger when greediness comes in the picture. Absolute power can make a tremendous difference and impact if put to a good use. Power can be given to the people, give them a voice as well. This can be an example of democracy. Where you and me have the power. Absolute power is never good when a singular person holds it, it will only lead to corruption and