We all understand--more or less--"tyranny" in Gummint. But read this passage from Dostoevsky in the context of "business," not "gummint."
....any man who has tasted this power, this boundless opportunity to
humiliate most bitterly another being made in the image of God — becomes
the servant instead of the master of his own emotions. Tyranny is a
habit. It can and does eventually develop into a disease. I believe that
the best of men may grow coarse, degrade to the level of a beast by
sheer force of habit. Blood and power intoxicate one, they develop
callousness and lust. The greatest perversions grow finally acceptable
and even delicious to mind and heart. The man and the citizen perish in
the tyrant forever and the return to human dignity, remorse and
spiritual rebirth becomes scarcely possible to him. Besides, the example
and mere possibility of arbitrary power are contagious; they are indeed
a great temptation. A society which regards such things calmly is
already corrupt at the roots.....quoted at AOSHQ
Ever work for a business run by a "tyrant"?
And yes, that passage applies to Harvey-Wood, too.
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