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Comments by "Grenade Tennis" (@hughjass1044) on "Berlusconi: The Pioneer Behind Donald Trump Who Revolutionized TV and Politics" video.
Such is the nature of power. As the video says - "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Powerful people are inevitably drawn towards other powerful people and they influence each other. They begin to think differently. It is a very rare person indeed who can accumulate that much power and money and use it for benevolent means. Some may do good works along the way or later in life but the main focus for many is themselves and their own orbit. There is a valid reason for this. The more power you accumulate, the more people you attract into your orbit and very, very few of those people are there for benevolent reasons. They want what you have and some are willing to do anything to get it, hence that other old truism - "you have to be ruthless to get to the top and even more ruthless to stay there." There is always someone who wants to take you down. All of this taken together is a lesson for why we should never let anyone or anything accumulate too much power or influence, even if we may like or respect them in the beginning. Just because they may do some good today doesn't mean they may not change for the worse tomorrow or be replaced or supplanted by someone who will.
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@@a.m.4148 What do you mean, I forgot? I'm not listing the man's accomplishments or his failings, I'm simply describing the power dynamic. I'm neither condoning him or condemning him.
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