“What is good?- All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. What is bad?- All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness?- The feeling that power increases-that a resistance is overcome.”(p.127)
The topic for today’s blog is power. That is what we thrive for in today’s society…power. Actually not only today’s society, but you get where I’m going with this. When one has power, they feel like they have the highest authority, and that people want to be like them. Nietzsche also believed in this, but he believed that the person must be a respectable person that we can look up to. But when one acquires so much power, it is hard to keep a level head. It is hard to find a person who has a lot of power and is also humble. That is a rare commodity. When I thought of power, the Kanye song “Power” came to mind. Kanye West is viewed also one of the top celebrities that has so much power. Just like any rapper, they view having a lot of money, swagger, a lot of flashy expensive things, and also having a big fan base is being on top and powerful. The more power you have in the rap game, the more successful you are. There are tons of rap songs where they brag about the flashy things that they have and having a lot of power. I don't feel like listing a lot of rap quotes. If you are familiar with rap then you know what I'm talking about. If you aren't just google songs from big artists such as: Jay-Z, 50 cent, and Kanye West. To give you an idea there is a song by a rap group named the Lox, and they have a song called 'Money Power Respect'. To them, first you make get money, which then gives you power, then when you get the power people start respecting you. To take a line or two from their song, "It's the key to life. Money, power, and respect.Whatchu' need in life." Rappers actually have the power to influence others. As for power making you happy, I don’t think it truly makes you happy. I actually think that some celebrities that have power struggle to find meaning and happiness in their life. People that have a lot of power are still just like anybody else, trying to find the meaning of life. Power doesn't mean that you rest, you keep trying to get more and look forward to what's next or what's to come. Nietzsche actually thought if you start asking yourself what's the meaning of life, then you're "sick" and not living life (p.44). But going back to Kanye, many people look up to Kanye but I think he power trips a lot. Like his ego gets in the way of him being a person to look up to. Even in Kanye song Power, he says, "No one man should have all that power." Because the potency of having too much power is dangerous. Power more often than not tends to corrupt a person as they become aware of the fact that they solely decide their circumstances, and the circumstances of others. Ambition can be good as long as it doesn't get too far out of hand.
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