People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my case, I got hit a lot by bullies when I was a child, and so I naturally bristle against anybody who abuses power. And that seems to make me rather persistent when it comes to exposing the abuse of power.
Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.
People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.
Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people.
People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.