tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post1121862374808501956..comments2023-05-16T02:08:42.858-07:00Comments on Degringolade: Potential EnergyDegringoladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-78720921775624536992012-01-28T12:47:02.110-08:002012-01-28T12:47:02.110-08:00I'd like to examine some of our modern assumpt...I'd like to examine some of our modern assumptions about power for a minute, while we navel-gaze. Who, in the history of the world, was truly all-powerful? Any of the Caesars? How about King Henry VIII, or his daughter Elizabeth? They all had to wield their power through a complex web of special interest groups with varying loyalties, both internal and external. They all had to resort to intrigue and power-plays. Even the Sun King (Louis IV) laid the foundations of his grandson's spectacular failure via the methods he used to consolidate French imperial power. Maybe Nero wasn't as crazy as we'd like to think he was. Maybe he knew he was just as powerless as everyone else against the forces of fate?NoHypehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878723265198868160noreply@blogger.com