Abstract
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (Lord Acton, 1899). This quote demonstrates the ability that power has to corrupt men and by doing so harming the team, group or country such men lead. The following article is about addiction to power from an anthropological point of view, from an existentialist angle. A vision based on philosophy and life to explain addiction, as opposed to what the person is addicted to. When speaking of power, it is understood as political power. There is an important literal difference to the word power as an absolute idea. Political power is determined by two components: Influence and control. Leaders have clearly used one or the other, demonstrating some kind of addiction to power.
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