The lengths people will go
to for power have been well documented throughout history.
You only have to cast your
mind back to the Second World War to realise what the drive for power (mixed
with a cocktail of fascism and hate) can do.
That is of course an extreme
and perhaps obvious example but the list is endless.
Assad in Syria, Taylor in
Sierra Leone, Pol Pot in Cambodia, the US in much of the world…
Hey it doesn’t even have to
amount to gross human rights atrocities.
What about Nick Clegg, who
sold out his party along with everyone who voted for it, just for a sniff of
power?
But like most things there
is a flipside to this – for every mind-melting act of abasing violence and
betrayal in the pursuit of power – there is another force that strives to crush
it.
People power is alive and
well across the world, as we’ve seen in North Africa and the Middle East in the
last year.
Those fighting injustice
everywhere – whether in Saudi Arabia against an oppressive regime or in Britain
against an unjust policy – will keep going as long as it exists.
Power and all that it evokes
was the theme for the second issue of PoV Magazine.
Exploring everything from
the power of humanity and war photography to superheroes and the power of
Formula One, this bulging issue is a feast for the eyes… and the brain.
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