Unquestioning Allegiance to Authority Invites Abuse of Power

Why are we allegiant to leaders anyway? Why is the power given to them? These are the questions we need to answer. From the moment when we become allegiant to some authority or leader, we somehow tend to stop thinking with our own heads. We simply pass off our responsibilities to others, believing that those others know better, that they are more qualified than we are. By doing this, the power is handed over to the authorities. We can take any countries’ government as an example. Voters give their votes for politicians, believing that they will change the situation for good, while it is actually politicians’ choice weather to use their given power properly or not.…