Posted by alexandra_k on August 19, 2017, at 18:22:04
In reply to Re: Walking..., posted by alexandra_k on August 19, 2017, at 18:09:57
I guess there have always been people who took some kind of sadistic pleasure in inflicting pain / suffering on others - because they could while others take pleasure in helping things flourish.
I mean, people look after their pets differently. They clothes differently. Their houses differently. Their other material possessions. Their kids, sure. Their employees etc.
Even back to slavery... Some slaves were trained in medicine... Given time to write etc... Training in the arts... While others were beaten and thrown in ditches.
I don't know why some people will and some people won't. Whether it is relatively constant trait or whether it alters over the course of the life. Whether it can be taught.
I suppose it's a good motivator for people to keep their trap shut and do their mundane job. It starts to look like more and more and more of that... WHen they are people who would only abuse any more power then giving them power when there isn't anymuch actual harm they can do...
I suppose that is for the best.
Perhaps it really is a lesser of evils that so very many people push bits of paper around all day and don't do much in the way of anything more...
I don't know.
Anyway... Back to work..
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