Here's a thought
Its 207 days since the state of disaster was declared in South Africa, the world is still not harmonious, Covid’s still with us and the abusers of power have not taken their foot off the pedal one little bit. We’ve all grown up believing that power corrupts and total power corrupts totally. Have you ever really thought about that? Well it seems like an easy statement to agree with when we consider both history and current affairs. We do see many powerful people abusing their power. Hmm, well! I read a quote this morning that put this into perspective. It is not power that corrupts. That’s a cop-out. That simply disempowers humankind by implying that power is this evil, living thing and it corrupts. This gives power a life. In this context power is like a poisonous snake whose bite festers and that suppurating wound is called power. We know that is not true, is it? The truth is that power attracts the abusive and the corruptible. That sounds better, doesn’t it? Other, service drive...