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Old 21-08-2012, 08:36   #72
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Re: Does power corrupt?

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Originally Posted by Houseboy View Post
Well said both of you. You are quite probably right. I'm not entirely convinced that no-one sets out to be corrupt though. I think most people have ideals and want to do good but, using an extreme example I admit, do you think Adolf Hitler started off intending to do good? It is quite possible that he originally wanted to make things better for the German people but the consequences of his actions need no comment here.
Having said that I may be defeating my own argument as it could be viewed I suppose that Hitler wasn't actually "corrupt" in the way we are discussing. I suppose there is a difference between being corrupt and being, for want of a better term, evil.
In Hitlers case I think there must have been something seriously wrong with him from square one, I have never heard of any suggestion that his intentions were ever anything but evil
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