[Eric Revelin]

Of course there are darkworkers who would do that. Of course murder and theft can give someone power. That's why I use the term sustainable power. Murder and stealing don't give someone sustainable power. It's also why I say they're capable of understanding, not that they do understand.

Nobody escapes karma. The intelligent darkworker is going to learn from it eventually. It doesn't mean they will change alignment but their methods will change. You can pursue a path to personal power that doesn't involve ruthlessly tearing other people apart. A darkworker will eventually discover that what's best for him is what's best for everyone else, too.

You're focused on the immature kind of darkworker, the kind that's incapable of thinking of long-term consequences, the kind that's naive enough to think he can defend himself from hidden threats without anyone to back him up. No empire built in such a fashion can help but crumble given the passage of time. The same is true of immature lightworkers that are too giving, or too naive. Both of them need to learn enlightened self interest before they'll gain any real power.