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Relying on Dominance Is Dangerous

November 3, 2025

Society

capitalism, injustice, politics, social masses, society

Our increasingly deteriorating societies, where we respect one another less and less while idolizing inanity and glorifying competition, come with another symptom: Relying on dominance, which is dangerous – for the dominating parties as well. Such is the nature of dominance.

In a past post on injustice, I argued the following:

There will always be people that are stronger, faster, smarter, richer, luckier, or more powerful than you. If they are malevolent (and power or success predicated on money or strength very often is), they will come together and form groups which will become so ridiculously powerful that nothing can stop them.

There are a lot of malicious people on the planet – and a lot of stupid malicious people, which is a very dangerous combination. As a result, relying on dominance is dangerous because there is always the risk of ending up on the… receiving end of the dominance exchange.

relying on dominance is dangerous. Image of riot police.
Relying on dominance is dangerous because there will always be someone who can dominate you – and they’re usually backed by a much more powerful force, whether the state or (worse) a corporation.
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Fate Leads the Willing; the Unwilling it Drags: Meaning and Significance

August 17, 2019

Philosophy

change, fate, injustice, meaning, subjectivity

What a wonderful thing to say, right? Fate leads the willing; the unwilling it drags. You might have also seen some variation of it, such as Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. Originally this was written by the Roman poet Seneca – ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt, if you want the Latin version.

There have been many interpretations of this short quote. After all, this is the way art operates.

For some, Seneca’s words describe something stoic, making you “suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune“.

Others perhaps might see something optimistic in it. I’ve seen at least one person having tattooed “Fate Leads the Willing” on their arm – indeed in Latin.

My personal opinion differs from both these approaches. I subscribe to neither utter stoicism nor manic optimism.

Fate Leads the Willing
Fate leads the willing; the unwilling it drags.
The key is in understanding what both “leads” and “drags” mean in this context
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Justice in an Unjust World: How It Can Happen

April 12, 2019

Society

idealism, injustice, materialism, society

“Only justice will bring you peace”, a band I like sings. Listening to this song, I wondered: How do you find justice in an unjust world? Consequently, then, how do you find peace in an unjust world? The quick and pessimistic answer is: you don’t. There is no justice in an unjust world, and there is no peace in an unjust world. And yet, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that first reaction might be wrong.

Finding Justice in an Unjust World: a Matter of Creating the Invincible

The number of blogs, opinion columns, and editorials I read online can be literally counted on the fingers of one hand. There is such an incredible amount of noise out there, that I have made a conscious decision to remove myself from the trash.

In one of those few places on the internet that I follow, I recently read a harrowing narrative. A man – over fifty as he explained – described how nothing had managed to break his will; neither financial problems, nor unemployment, nor hardships.

He was broken, as he explained, seeing people’s viciousness.

justice in an unjust world
Injustice is all-powerful in a material context…
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