Question as above.
Most of us spend the majority of our waking moments trying to get more money or power. Whether its at work (e.g. trying to get a salary increase or to get in our boss' favour), in the political arena (e.g. attending rallies and making political donations) or even at home (e.g. a parent trying to get their kid to do something or vice versa). Most of us are also affected by money and power, or, the lack of money and power.
However, what's strange about all this is that - even though we expend a lot of time and effort on these two things - people barely study it or talk about it. Indeed, wealth and power are portrayed as negative qualities in everyday discourse - for example, asking about someone's salary or talking about your future financial goals is seen as rude or arrogant, stating the influence of government/big institutions is seen as a refusal to take self responsibility and openly stating that you like power/want to contest for a more powerful position marks you as a machiavellian type figure.
Why is that? Why is there a sense that keeping everyone silent (and thus, forcing an artificial sense that everyone is "equal") is more important than honest discourse which can lead to greater results? Surely, studying and talking about these things will give us a better understanding and, by extension, better ability to obtain both - what's not to like about that especially given the actual disproportionately in power and wealth in most societies?
Most of us spend the majority of our waking moments trying to get more money or power. Whether its at work (e.g. trying to get a salary increase or to get in our boss' favour), in the political arena (e.g. attending rallies and making political donations) or even at home (e.g. a parent trying to get their kid to do something or vice versa). Most of us are also affected by money and power, or, the lack of money and power.
However, what's strange about all this is that - even though we expend a lot of time and effort on these two things - people barely study it or talk about it. Indeed, wealth and power are portrayed as negative qualities in everyday discourse - for example, asking about someone's salary or talking about your future financial goals is seen as rude or arrogant, stating the influence of government/big institutions is seen as a refusal to take self responsibility and openly stating that you like power/want to contest for a more powerful position marks you as a machiavellian type figure.
Why is that? Why is there a sense that keeping everyone silent (and thus, forcing an artificial sense that everyone is "equal") is more important than honest discourse which can lead to greater results? Surely, studying and talking about these things will give us a better understanding and, by extension, better ability to obtain both - what's not to like about that especially given the actual disproportionately in power and wealth in most societies?