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Originally Posted by wolfgang  The level of selfishness that makes it darkworking is what? It almost seems like there's no way to be a darkworker or light worker without inviting the syndrome. Or to be polarized is to have the syndrome of the extreme. Or you are not polarized. Polarized = syndrome. partly polarized to one side is not syndrome, but then not 100% polarized?  |
Correct me if I’m wrong somebody, but I honestly believe this thing hinges on extreme motivation and in the darkworker’s case, how far she is willing to go to get what she wants. If she sees that the most expedient path to achieving any goal that benefits herself is through hurting/manipulating/lying to someone else, then she’ll do it, period. Conversely, she might perceive that helping that person is the most expedient path to getting what she wants. The pivotal consideration is getting what she wants. How her quest to serve herself in all things affects other people is irrelevant. (Again, a key point being the utter irrelevance of other people in her self serving calculations.) Darkworker syndrome is more along the lines of hurting people just for the pleasure of hurting people. Sure it’s fun, you get a thrill out of it, but if you do not consider the possible future ramifications these actions might have for yourself, and by that I mean not getting caught or preserving your wealth or building a stable empire, and not karma, then you’ve fallen prey to darkworker syndrome. This is where Machiavelli comes into play. The wise prince knows full well that in order to ensure his rule it is far better to ally yourself with the people than with the nobles. The prince does not forge this populist alliance because he loves the people, he does it to protect and preserve his power against a potentially powerful group of competitors, the elites. He would not hesitate to suppress the people if his calculations indicate that it would preserve his power. But the wise prince does not tyrannize the people just to tyrannize the people, or just because he can. That is darkworker syndrome.