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John Steinbeck Power Is Not Corruption

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Power. A word that usually comes a negative connotation, but why? The reason could be that people have this predisposed believe that with power comes corruption, but that may not be the case. What if it is not power that creates corruption, but the fear of losing it?John steinbeck seems to think so. “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts….. perhaps the fear of loss of power.” John Steinbeck has lot to say about power in the quote above, but is it true?Does corruption really come from the fear of losing power? I believe so. There have been numerous rulers who used power for their own selfish desires, but there have also been those who used their power for the improvement of the world. Power itself is not the enemy to blame. Take today's society
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