Hegar

I feel that spreading lies, even to make fun of them, is ultimately counter-productive. I know others disagree though.

This account is a violent transphobic troll.

They post transphobic comments and calls for violence then whine about being banned from trans-friendly communities because they “just want some reasonable freedom to say what I want”

good (inclusive) leadership

That’s a neurological impossibility and we don’t gain anything by pretending otherwise.

whenever there’s a group of people together, someone will be the leader

You have a friend who’s always exerting their will over everyone else? This is thankfully not my experience.

Hierarchy has definitely infected our lives and thinking to a sickening extent. People pursuing power for what they see as good is the problem. Trying to influence what the power-hungry see as good is a fools errand because the effect that power has on the brain means “good” will always become “good for me” as you gain power.

The only way to a better world is people rejecting the self destructive desire to stand above. We need stories and social infrastructure that works towards that goal.

I would rather children are inspired to not be leaders at all. Good role models can exist, they’re just never in a position of social power.

Power is inherently corrupting. History shows this time and again. Popular wisdom captures this. Neuroscience shows that power supresses a human brain’s capability for empathy.

In the real world, pursuing individual power always results in far more evil than good. Stories that whitewash the reality of power do not make the world better.

I mean I guess but it seems like honest police or benevolent kings - they can exist in fiction but then the fiction loses any relevance to the real world.

I really like the sentiment, although brave knights were just violent aristocrats - the most commonly met cruel enemy throughout history.