Statuscide and Power Poisoning

Subjectivity is commonly unrecognized by its originator. We like to believe that we are informed and are confident that our ideas come from an open mind. It’s hard to remember, let alone consider that we don’t know what we don’t know.

A position of power can distract from being open minded and result in unrecognized subjectivity. A productive team player put in a position of power can often result in that person unknowingly focusing less on the team and more on the self. This is why it is not that unusual for CEOs to find themselves accused of abuse. It happens often enough to be given a name: Power Poisoning.

It would figure that billionaires are bound to be vulnerable to Power Poisoning and it is discomforting to guess its results on their state of mind.

Actually, even without that, it’s discomforting to wonder about the state of mind that needs that kind of money and resulting power, anyway.

This leads to questioning how we consider , or maybe we don’t consider who has status. It seems that in our culture of materialism, status is automatically given to those who possess great wealth, regardless of character.

Giving status to great character regardless of wealth would be the function of a more socialist culture. It’s figures that the status quo declares that kind of culture unacceptable.

It’s tough that materialism doesn’t promote thoughtfulness, let alone independent thinking. But we don’t consider changing what is unsustainable or challenging the focus of the powerful on themselves.

If we had values, we could consider giving status to better characters.

But we’re materialists who aren’t big on considering the ramifications of having a poisoned status quo.

Thank you for your time.