Do you think it is just human nature to hate people who have more power than us?

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Do you think it is just human nature to hate people who have more power than us?

by Unmistakably Liz Posted November 07, 2009 05:16:18

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+3 raves Sookie November 07, 2009 14:52:11

Answered: No.
Absolutely not. To question is logical, to "hate" someone simply because of a position they hold is...irrational at best.
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dontjudgeme3 November 13, 2009 01:48:01

Answered: No.
no hes just doing a terrible job
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Jon Bergen November 10, 2009 17:33:43

Answered: Yes
Power amounts to the capacity to bend others to your will. Having the means to compel others to do what you want them to do. And is often used to make people do what they don't want to do. As with violence, there are degrees of power, in how it's exercised and abused. Nor does power's kinship with violence end there, since it amounts to inflicting one person's will upon another. To forcing others to do things whether they want to or not.

Lord Acton's statement still holds up pretty well:

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Abuse is an ultimately unavoidable consequence of power...
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Lucy formerly of Finchley November 09, 2009 20:55:22

Answered: No.
No. Throughout history there have been beloved, powerful leaders. Think of Elizabeth I, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill. I *do* think it's human nature to hate people who wantonly abuse their power.
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Amy November 09, 2009 16:47:40

Answered: Yes
Anyone who has any form of power over us. Any form of authority makes us all a little uneasy. Not so sure about the hate. That seems a bit strong.
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Jester November 08, 2009 15:27:00

Answered: Yes
It is human nature to reject authority, but not necessarily power. If you look at any basic psychology textbook, you are bound to hear the same.

Obama represents a far more authoritative take governmental power, and I think that is the principle reason he garners so much resentment from individuals.

Human beings do not like to be ordered around and told how to live.
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turtledove123 November 08, 2009 06:44:12

Answered: No.
Might be human nature, but it isnt my nature. I dont hate people who have power. I dont like people who abuse the power they have, but I dont hate them. I may hate the stuff they do, but why waste time hating a person? Doesnt make much sense to me.
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Lil♥Angel♥Kisses November 07, 2009 20:23:58

Answered: No.
I don't think so. I have had great respect for people in powerful positions. The power isn't what makes them...It is the type of person that they are.
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Chaotixa November 07, 2009 20:10:03

Answered: Yes
i think it is human nature to want to blame someone or something other than ourselves.
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wombat November 07, 2009 20:00:40

Answered: No.
Its a dissorder to natrually hate everyone whos stronger than you.
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diaverde08-MolecularGastron... November 07, 2009 16:37:35

Answered: Yes
That's why communism appeals to emotion so easily.
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Sookie November 07, 2009 14:52:11

Answered: No.
Absolutely not. To question is logical, to "hate" someone simply because of a position they hold is...irrational at best.
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OLD CRACKER November 07, 2009 13:01:47

Answered: No.
I DO NOT HATE. I DESPISE OBAMA AND ALL WHO SUPPORT HIS RADICAL LIBERAL SOCIALIST AGENDA. THEY ARE MY POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL ENEMIES AND WILL BE TREATED AS SUCH. I DON'T HATE ANYBODY.
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Demongirl1960 November 07, 2009 12:14:43

Answered: Yes
Well, with the runaway salaries and "perks" that Poeple with more "power" have, IS IT A WONDER? They can't POSSIBLY be THAT dense!
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Nabael November 07, 2009 07:15:46

Answered: Yes
Yes, it is actually. It is built into instinct, and we either hate, or subdue to the Alpha in charge.
That is how we evolved.
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Merl November 07, 2009 07:03:11

Answered: Yes
That is why it is so easy to get the unwashed masses so pissed off at the rich.
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robertisht97 November 07, 2009 06:37:42

Answered: Yes
Yes because my friends are like that with my cloths because they dont have some things i have even though my cloths arent that expenive
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princess November 07, 2009 06:30:42

Answered: No.
It's called INSECURITY.......
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1169888 November 07, 2009 06:19:56

Answered: Yes
I must be because I've observed that no matter the amount of good a person in power would do it seems they are still regularly resented. I don't really understand the reasoning behind that manner of thought but it exists.
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Darren Prentice November 07, 2009 06:05:08

Answered: Yes
Of, course!!! that's the whole idea behind the founding of America. According to Milton Freidman, it is also human nature to slide towards more government power too if you look through history. funny how that plays out...
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emmamess ~Burst My Bubble` November 07, 2009 05:50:08

Answered: No.
I do however dislike those who have the power to make desisions that are gonna impact my life when there's nothing I can do to stop them.
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Pet Rock Whisperer November 07, 2009 05:40:16

Answered: No.
I think it's more of an individual pettiness/insecurity thang!
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Answered: No.
Not for me. I don't hate anyone. If I start to feel hate towards someone, which is rare, I change it into indifference.
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The Bantam Seditioner - Bla... November 07, 2009 05:35:21

Answered: Yes
Absolutely, because government is an aberration; a (comparatively) recent phenomenon in our evolution, and completely alien to the nature of humankind.
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Denny November 07, 2009 05:29:16

Answered: No.
Why would that be??? I Wouldn't hate anyone who had power that would lead us to better times. That's the missing ingredient. Leadership.
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emmames... to Denny November 07, 2009 05:54:16

better times for who? why can people be given the tools and freedom to make their own lives better? no one can lead me to contentment - but they sure try to do alot to impede my liberty and restrict the ways in which i find contentment.
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left-libertarian November 07, 2009 05:28:43

Answered: Yes
People should question all authority.
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Lee The Hybrid Snowflake"Mo... November 07, 2009 05:25:06

Answered: Yes
Yes, that's why so many people hate the rich!
Ellie November 07, 2009 05:20:47

Answered: No.
I do not hate the man. Just think he is wrong for the country and he got elected because the nation was asleep. Look at his popularity polls now. Dems suffered in the elections.
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moomoof "Jin Kazama!" November 07, 2009 05:18:44

Answered: No.
other i don't know

some people like blaming people with more power yes but ....there is something more