1

"power corrupts" is cope people tell themselves to feel better about their lack of power, and the fact that they're not willing to chase it themselves.

It's a slave morality thing.

I'll be pretty honest, power "corrupting" seems more like a selection bias thing; people that seek out power are generally not very good people.

you're very unlikely to see a truly good person also possess an insatiable drive to amass power. It just doesn't happen that much.

2

becoming adept at wielding power requires you to see past simplistic morality. You'll look evil, and in the name of pragmatism and utilitarianism you will not be able to present a "clean moral" face anymore that is completely connotatively blameless and immaculate.

welcome to the real world / sorry

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"the mechanism seems less "power reveals true character" and more "power creates adaptive pressures that reward paranoia, control-seeking, and viewing people as abstractions.""

3

The tibetan word for power, nus pa, is a more fitting one.

It doesn't carry the connotative contamination "power" does.

When discussing power, nus pa is more apt to use instead.