Maggie's Farm

And this is where Lord Acton's adage about power corrupting and absolute power corrupting absolutely comes in. One of my little pet peeves is hearing people refer to Hitler or Stalin or Mao as "a monster" when monsters are - by definition - inhuman and yet this seems to be the way human beings behave when they have power. I have no doubt that these people did not think themselves evil, I am sure that they thought what they did was all for the best. But that's what happens when you are completely, 1000% sure that you are right and that anyone who argues with you is wrong and you have the power to impose your will on them. There are only 3 reasons anyone would argue with you - they are too stupid to see how brilliant you are, they have some crazy ideas about how the world works, or they really know that you are right but for their own evil purposes try to convince others that you are wrong. So what can you do with these obdurate people? Well, stupid people get sent off to re-education camps, crazy people get locked up in psychiatric prisons and evil people get a bullet to the back of the head. What else can you do? And once you've gotten rid of all the people who fail to appreciate your plans for a perfect society, we'll have a Paradise here on Earth! Sigh. If only everyone would just do as they're told by their betters....Isn't that right, Mrs. Clinton?