Eagles & Lambs

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, the German nihilist, said, “There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs.  And when the lambs whisper among themselves, ‘These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever of the opposite of a bird of prey must be good?’, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument - though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, ‘We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.’”

In the relationship of power, there are two perspectives, and what one group loves, the other naturally hates, due to what they each gain or lose.  That explains the disconnect between the politicians and the electorate, for example, especially in predatory systems.  What is good for the powerful always necessitates sacrifices among the powerless.  That is why it is important to gather power.