“With Great Power Comes Great [Stupidity]”

How power makes us all stupid: on structural violence and slave morality

Wei Xiang
The Apeiron Blog
Published in
8 min readSep 18, 2021

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Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

We’re constantly surrounded by idiots.

It could be that prick who clogs up the fast lane during rush hour. It could be that nosy customer holding up the entire queue at Starbucks. It could also be that jerk who constantly puts words into our…

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