@vruz@mastodon.social @breadandcircuses This quote of Mr. Acton is very childish. Power never corrupts. It is simply that power wielder is still corruptible being and needs to work on itself more. For example, why do electrical wires get burn? It's not power but design of wire. Same for political power. It's not political power but the social design of man. It might be that Mr. Acton was occupied with other powers also and have poor insight what he was saying. We call such statements insult of freedom.