This an articulate article with well stated convincing facts.
Before now, i was of the school of thought that power corrupts until I saw this from your post
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To me, the 'corruption' was present well before the power but as the power builds like alcohol in the system, it tears down the barriers and lets the saint or sinner out. The reason people thinks it does corrupt however is so many of the powerful wind up being corrupt and use their power in nefarious ways.

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