Yes i understand

power is an interesting topic

Even a benevolent leader would be unlikely to wield absolute power well. No one can be right all the time.

many people i know want a king or dictator because they believe it will result in less government power

Indeed, power is a very interesting topic.

What is a good definition of power? Off the top of my head I'd say power is the ability to influence something but I'm wondering if anyone has a more accurate definition?

How do you feel about economic issues like trade unions, tariffs taxes ext?

@jacovich stabs power is the power to act, or to me, its the power to enforce ones will upon the world

the will to power

I don't have enough of an education on such things to say anything definitive. I base all my opinions related to such matters on a case-by-case basis.

economics can be confusing

e.g

Indeed.

you see yourself as left wing

so you're prone to left wing econ arguments

even tho they are very different

your subconscious bias exists

so alot of left wing people follow people like bernie without understanding things like minimum wage increases, increased taxes trade union power ext

You have to point to antecedent concepts in your definition, you are giving examples of power rather than defining it.

I can say one thing with certainty, however; we need to get money out of politics. The way things are now, politicians are often led more by the whims of their donors or fear of the wealth of others being used against them than their ideals.

"the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way."

thats from google

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get out of here." —Qui-Gon Jinn

Hahaha

when it comes to money in politics i'm torn because they help the right wing but i can see how its morally wrong to centrist people

Big debate over "if money is speech"

not a topic i'm deep into

I guess power is just an incredibly abstract and broad concept.

Yep

How do we get into the main server?

By praying to the Athenian gods idk

Just hold your horses.

My PP conquered Greece so might be hard for me

You all read the rules, right?

yes

I believe that public opinion should not be tainted by misleading propaganda that gives the wealthy minority a louder voice than everyone else combined. I'd rather the apolitical and uninformed not participate in politics at all than have elections decided by masses of people who only know empty slogans and baseless rhetoric.

Then you'll be let in soon enough.

great

Being able to buy off politicians and use one's ridiculously vast sums of money to determine the outcome of elections undermines the purpose of democracy, if you ask me.

I'm not a fan of democracy so when it comes to talking about public opinion im not too bothered

however i do not know a good alternative