The Abuse of Power

[RascalPuff]

What Causes & Amends The Abuse of Power?

Just about every social injustice is reducible to the abuse of power. In accord with a large majority of authorities on destructive human aggression (Including Eric Fromm - The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness), the most sought out and pursued objective is reducible to psychological and/or physical security.

Enter the hubris of the psychologically or physically cruel mentality, accompanied by the variously applied anecdote that 'the best defensive is the best offensive'. Resulting in a posturing of aggressive thoughts, followed by words and/or deeds.

Other motives for destructive aggressive behavior are sado-masochism, an obsession for control, and fear - 'defensive aggression': falsely anticipating a threat where no threat exists and acting upon that false premise as though it were true ('I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him first'. Refer 'unjustified preemptive strike').

The primary purpose of this thread is to inquire what other motivations - and especially case histories of specifically applied methods - there are for the abuse of power. Almost all of which is under the category of the real or imagined need for the acquirement of psychological or physical security - typically at someone else's expense; the empowerment of self via what has become an artform of verbally and physically disempowering others.

What are fellow forumite's experiences and thoughts on this critically important issue which ranges from inciteful, bellicose words, to pushing, shoving, poking, slapping, punching, kicking, rat packing 'domestic' - socially 'trashing' - scenarios, to what is becoming an ever more ominous international threat to the neighborhood, and, the world?

Where is the Constitutional Preamble's promise of the 'assurance of domestic tranquility'? Are not all encouragements and indulgences in unnecessary violence unconstitutional? On this TV GUIDEd note, where is the 'protection of the constitution of the United States from all of her enemies, be they foreign or domestic (in the cauldron of superviolence in Baghdad, or Hollywood), whomsoever?

(Second to petroleum, the weapons industry is the most wealthy and powerful industry in the world - from small arms to transcontinental missiles. What causes this domestic and international 'arms race'? The obsession with maiming and killing more accurately at greater distances; from spoken words to 'star wars' satellites? Is all of this answered in the real or imagined need for personal and nationalist security? Is this the best we can do? <'In order to save the village, we had to destroy it'>).

What actions or policies might help to reduce, defuse and otherwise minimize this growing menace? Yes, the enormity of this issue itself is intimidating - how might these problems be better understood and consequently diminished? Will humanity put an end to war, or war put an end to humanity? Can this problem be alleviated or is it foreordained to continue and maintain itself as the apparently pejorative - domestic and global - paradigm?

[mkirkpatrick]

Power has been abused as long as man has been able to weld it,however as man grows
spiritually,and looses his ego-centric prideful lusts,there ensues an inner calm,and a
knowing that all power resides within the absolute,and that you have all power,yet have
none also.When we re-cognise our true self,and see that we are as no-thing,then the
abuse of power becomes "un-thinkable-literally?



regardsmichael.

[RascalPuff]

Dear Michael:
I think you're on to something. As usual.

Regards
- RP

[MJA]

Dear Michael and RP,

In regard to injustice or the abuse of power I wrote this piece some time ago and thought you might enjoy it.

Truth
Justice and The Cure

Inequality is Inhumanity is Injustice
Then
Equality is Humanity is Justice is Truth
Then
Justice is not the Uncertainty of Fairness
Rather
Justice is the Certainty of Truth
And
We are what We are Taught

Then
Lessons of Equality
Is
The Cure

MJA

[mkirkpatrick]

Dear Michael and RP,

In regard to injustice or the abuse of power I wrote this piece some time ago and thought you might enjoy it.

Truth
Justice and The Cure

Inequality is Inhumanity is Injustice
Then
Equality is Humanity is Justice is Truth
Then
Justice is not the Uncertainty of Fairness
Rather
Justice is the Certainty of Truth
And
We are what We are Taught

Then

Lessons of Equality
Is
The Cure

MJA

Thank you most kindly,MJA,that was a beautiful jewel amid the thorns of life!

warm regards michael

[bottomlander]

Dear MJA,

You showed a good example of hype stylist!

Best Regards. Bottomlander