I have wanted to put this idea into words for some time and get some feedback on it.This idea has to do with why certian people want to control others and just what may be wrong with the world.I got to thinking one day why does it seem like it's always the same people running for office.What exactly do they get out of running for elected office.My first thought was they get acess to graft,cause they all seem to get wealthy.But then I thought there are other ways to get wealthy that don't put you under public scrutiny.

Then it occured to me they want the power to control others.They want power for powers sake.They get off on controlling other people and making them dance to their tune.Control for controls sake.I call them"Power Mongers".The more I thought about what was going on in the world and in particular my little corner of it:read (local politicians),The more I began to realize that although money is power,more so power is money. The two have always gone hand in hand through out human history.Now I started to see that this type of people are only interested in being able to lord over others. The more folks they can control the better.

That's why they seem to rise from lower power positions to higher power positions.They get a little taste cause they are drawn to power and control.They become addicted to it like a drug. Then they want more and more.There are few people in politics who are not addicted to power. I noticed that even people who get into politics for noble reasons eventually become like this.

Now I'm not avocating anarchary here,but we need to find a way to control the power mongers who become drunk with power and make the rest of us poor and miserable.It seems that there are so many of them in the government that they infect the folks that try to do good and change them Into copies of themselves.If the newcomers won't change then the power mongers set out to ruin their reputations.Happens in my state government all the time.Same thing with the local governments.In fact these occurences are what got me thinking about this in the first place.

When I listen to politicians speak now I listen for signs that they are power mongers.Things like I will look into it and then no follow up.I will introduce legislation to solve the problem,again with no follow up.I will meet with (insert name of person or company that will produce funds ie. bribes).These are some of the dead give aways of power mongers.Think about this the next time a politician shows up on the evening news claiming he or she will solve(insert generic problem here).As Mark Twain said politics....poli meaning many and tics meaning blood sucking insects.

These people are found through out the corporate world too.Any where there is an opportunity to lord over any one else and either control or manipulate others.I believe this is a unrecognised disease.Perhaps it is genetically linked.

Opinions please.

In a small way, concerned citizens in my community speak out at public meetings, remonstrate the city government, give the rest of the citizenry a frame of reference by which to judge the actions of their elected officials. With the open meetings statutes in Texas, if the floor is open to the citizens to speak, there can be no comment or rebuttal. It is a powerful tool to control those exercising power, if you don't mind constantly having a target on your back (so to speak). It is but one technique, there are others.

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Being a leader is a tough job, some people are better at it then others. There are many skills, attributes and techniques required to be good at it which takes a long time to learn. The ego trip is part of it for some but there are also other things like ability and responsibility. Money, power, networking and control are also part of it, there are many reasons but I know what you mean, it can get a bit much at times.

Here our MPs generally make several times less than they could in the private sector with their skills and levelof education. Most of them genuinely believe that they're helping to make the country a better place, even if they do seem a little like headless chickens who have no more idea what's really going on than anybody else does.

Totally agree with you.

As the saying goes. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

It's been known for years all that politicians want is power over men. Like you said- They might start of with good intentions but at some point it turns into bad.

Came to this conclusion that politics is the enemy. Once you give a man or group that kind of power they can't be trusted. Not ever.