Tuesday, April 8, 2014

You can't have power without making dangerous enemies



During the reign of someone who is in power, it is impossible for that individual to have not made any enemies.  The idea of a “Leader” who has not made any enemies illogical, if such a being existed he or she would be considered a “God” or the perfect “Human Being.

The Cycle of Power has always revolved around someone who will fall from his influence and someone who will rise to prominence. History is a prime example of this: Many Monarchs, Presidents, Leaders, and Prominent figures in our past have all had enemies they’ve had to fight. People such as John F. Kennedy, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King Jr. All people that have had power were assassinated, signifying that they all had made an “enemy” of some sort. It proves that there is no such thing as a powerful individual with no enemies.

Moreover. If such an individual existed, “Conflict” would not be a thing in this world’s principals. Ideas such as War and Violence would be nullified from existence, However, War and Violence do exist.  And they are prominently tied with “power”. Why would an individual of great significance need to to use war and violence? To settle a dispute caused by contrariant opinions and those opinions are from an opposition, an “enemy” to say.

Consequently, with all this talk about conflict, we go back to the fundamental root of it all, Human Beings. Humans are not perfect beings, we are all flawed in different ways, it’s what makes humans human. Each human hold’s a different conscience and opinion, some may agree with what another says and some may not. There will never be a human that all others comply to. It just doesn't exist in our human nature.

To have power and not have any enemies, is an idea that will never exist in this world. It is denied in the basic law’s of this age and society.  It follows the saying of “You cannot have one without the other”.

1 comment:

  1. This is a good post but there are a few mistakes with punctuation. In the second sentence of the introduction it should be, "The idea of a leader who has not made any enemies is illogical, and also you're missing the closing quation on "Human Being". The second paragraph i think is well done, but as an over all comment it would probably be a good idea to extend a bit more because the paragraphs and also the essay itself is a bit short. A good way to overcome that would be to maybe elaborate on the examples that you already listed, just adding who those enemies were, or why they were antagonizing might add some length. I say good job on this essay, the vocabulary is on par ad your connections are good, you just need to elaborate.

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