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dreamclassier  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you desire power?

I think I'd be hard-pressed to find someone who could honestly answer "No."

I too desire power, but I don't desire attention. I desire power for the sake of making myself as independent and autonomous from society and "modern" civilisation as possible, but I have little desire to bring attention to myself, or "show off" holes in the "traditional" way of living.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're probably right about that. I left the question as opened ended as possible, and it's occurred to me since that there are many definitions of "power."

Would you say that a desire for power coupled with attention is a negative thing?

dreamclassier  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Without further contextualization, I would be very hesitant to call power coupled with attention a negative or bad thing, but off the top of my head, I can garner up a short list of things one could do with a sated desire for power and attention, and the majority are malicious.

Or maybe that's just my head.