Power over others is the cause of unhappiness in the world.

Alright then,back again to try my best to show that power is simply not accountable for the woes of the world,or part there of.first,i'll say hello pro,apologies for the delay in my responses,I'm a little slow at this it seems,as well asrather busy with the usual things but anyway's,I'm back to it now and, feel it's time for some rebbutals,so,let the rebuttaling begin, pro said-:"Power was created to inflict unhappiness, and often death." Well I'd argue that the first man,or group, that stumbled upon a good idea for a weapon,(as I have a hunchthey would have stumbled upon it), wasn't thinking about how much unhappiness they could thrust upon the world. More likely about how happy their own clan would be,enjoying more food,more often,consumed ina safer enviroment,than they had before.So,however power came about,I believe the initial intent,of the user,would have revolved around defense,and sustenance, not to produce pain, more likely to avoid pain.So,using power,to createa safer envirement for ones family and all,could quite easily be seen as a loving act. Power could well be a lover,not a fighter. Pro said-:"It is instinct, whether it's a dog, cat, or human being, to do whatever they can to survive." As you say,it's all about survival,so if survivals the measure,it means if one creature suffers, for a short time,to feed twenty other creatures,that has to be better than twenty starving to death,for the sake of one. If power wasn't utilized by the twenty, they would starve. POWER-Killed one-saved twenty.More happiness there than unhappiness,by a ratio of 20/1 in fact.Very much in favour of happiness and survival. Pro said:-"Here's another way to look at things. What dose power and influence have in common? Both things can be obtained, more or less, by throwing down money, with that being said, money also wields power. If misuse of power is to be blamed on the user, then how can you blame something on another man made "thing"? Money wields power. Why do people go to work? People spend most of their life working to obtain money; therefore money has power over most people. With enough of this "money"."People can choice to use their money for good or bad." Why do people go to work? Simple,earn money to eat,pay rent/mortgage,run and maintain automobiles,etc,etc.Not to mention the social aspect,paticuarly for older types.At the end of the day, moneys a means to an end,and only worth the opportunities it can buy. Moneys a good tool,mans response to it's the problem. . Pro said-: ."People can choose to use their money for good or bad." You said it,money can be used for good and bad and,as you say,the "People choose". Money's brainless,what harm can it do. Pro said-:"Why do people rob and steel? The lack of enough money drives them to do these bad things. When God created humans they did not have free will until they sinned and chose not to listen to God (weather you believe in God or not, just humor it for the sake of the example). Once humans had free will, they had power over themselves and eventually over others. Just how we cannot control, at times, our need to sin and our need to obtain money and Earthly possessions,we cannot control our need to have power, at least over our selves. Because money is power people with little, or any,money feel powerless over themselves. Power itself has power; just the idea of having/not having power to someone can drive them to do anything to achieve it." People steal for many reasons,certainly not just lack of money. I think the recent events in england,at least in part,were a perfect example of the "opportunistic"thief,did it because they could sort of deal.Then of course there's Kleptomania, Definition-Main Entry:klep·to·ma·nia Function:noun Etymology:New Latin Date:1830a persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive. Pro said:-"Once humans had free will, they had power over themselves and eventually over others. Just how we cannot control, at times, our need to sin and our need to obtain money and Earthly possessions, we cannot control our need to have power," Hell man,I'm so confused here,I mean,do we have free will, or not? You may be right that we can't control ourselves when in a position of power,which would make it a good thing we have the seperation of powers model at work,ensuring checks and balances to thwart mansuncontrollable ways.Essentially,controlling access to power,which I think,is as good as controlling power.[1] Causes of depressionAccording to the blackdog institute,the cause's of depression are: Genetics Biochemical Illness Ageing brain Gender Stress PersonalityNope,no mention of power. One last argument:- Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)-[3] Not so sure about this theory,certainly a shitty way to obtain peace,however,given that we arguably live in the most peaceful age man has ever known,all the while,living with un-doubtably the most destructive weapons we've ever known,it's certainly plausible,given also that where yet to see an actual nuclear conflict.So,at least in theory,it shows power being utilized,not just to defend the attacked,but to defend "all" against conflict,per-se.POWER-the peace maker. I'd like to leave it there for this round,and look for to seeing pro in the final round.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...;[2] http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org...