The Power

The Power

1998 • 341 pages

Ratings340

Average rating3.7

15

It was hard to read. A lot of violence. Of all kinds. Not good.

But the point was well made. Whoever has the power will use it to hurt people under the power. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I also kept thinking about today's “masculinists” and how afraid they must be as their overpower is being stripped away, little by little. They don't know how to be equal, how to be a human being, or how to treat people well. How sad it is that they don't get it. You don't need to be afraid if you have never harmed another person.
Of course, a lot of harm has been done by people who look like me, and it is fully understandable that people are afraid of people who look like people who have harmed them... A lot of women are afraid of all men because a lot of men have harmed them. It isn't fair to harm people just by association, but it happens. All we can do is see we won't become them.

September 28, 2022