[HPforGrownups] Re: There is only power

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 48353

  Greetings!

> Chthonia wrote:

cchc> It is power-over that is usually considered `power' in
cchc> the Western mindset, and guess this is what Alexander
cchc> is referring to. IMO it is power-over that corrupts
cchc> (though it *can* be used wisely  Dumbledore certainly
cchc> has `power-over' the students, for example), and where
cchc> relationships are defined by hierarchies of dominance,
cchc> there *is* a finite pool of power.

  Unfortunately, I can add little to Chtonia's perfect
reply, except for one fact: Dumbledore *refused* to get the
position of Minister of Magic - the topmost power-over'ish
position in WW.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
always happy to throw weird ideas into community.

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