How does abuse of power affect mental health and well-being?

 

Biblical quote about the abuse of power

Power abuse has a serious negative influence on people's mental health and well-being. Victims frequently suffer from a variety of psychological issues, such as anxiety, sadness, and depression. Chronic stress can cause emotional instability and helplessness in victims, which motivates many to harm themselves, end their lives, or consider suicide. Power abuse affects both adults and children.

 

Power has its advantages, but it may also be misused, which can have detrimental effects on both individuals and society at large. There are numerous instances throughout history of powerful individuals abusing their positions to further their own agendas or for personal benefit, frequently at the expense of and oppressing others. The question is what drives them to do so?

 

A lot of significant factors, such as fear, selfishness, and greed, contribute to the abuse of power. Understanding these can help identify and prevent such behavior in a range of contexts, including politics, institutions, organizations, and individuals. Power abuse has increased in many organizations, parties, and institutions because those in positions of authority are not held accountable for their actions.

 

People and institutions frequently misuse their authority to control others for a variety of situational, social, and psychological reasons. Some people have a strong need to control other people and their surroundings because of past experiences or insecurities. To satisfy their selfish needs and prove their value, people with narcissistic tendencies may abuse their position of authority.

 

Power abuse can be encouraged by societies, leaders, people, and organizations that place a high emphasis on hierarchy and dominance, making it appear normal or even desired. Although those who write about them are viewed as threats, those individuals or authorities lack the sense of humor to own their errors or come up with answers to urgent problems that could turn violent.

 

In addition to taking lives, the world's political turmoil is also having an adverse effect on economies and making life intolerable for others. Even though many of these political problems are solvable, authorities choose to overlook them because doing so benefits the wealthy while causing hardship for others. The unfortunate aspect of all these issues is that they act as though they are unaware of how their evil policies affect people.

Physical and psychological abuses are the foundation for most of the stories of people who have died of despair, obesity that has kept them in bed for years, and murder. Since many people have been victims of power abuse, they have been an increase in juvenile crimes, and many suddenly become monsters.

 

We all have a part to play in improving the state of the planet. For the benefit of our children or the next generation, a better world must be created, even though changing individuals is extremely difficult. Addressing inequality and increasing public awareness of social issues are examples of the many ways that we must work together to create a better society.

 

The paradox of fear: An American on LinkedIn’s platform requests me to write about Google

 

Google is abusing its power of authority

An American contacted me on LinkedIn and shared with me all the Google violations and office abuse he couldn't bring himself to write about. I still remember that. I can understand why the businessman contacted me and requested that I write an article about Google, which he fears writing. Google is an omnipotent God capable of destroying your company or reducing its visibility entirely from its search engine.

 

Why should this businessman contact me for such an assignment? It may be likely that he had previously read all my articles I have written about the abuse of power by Google. I have been the only African writer brave enough to write about all the crimes and violations of Google without considering the repercussions, since I prefer to suffer than submit to undesirable elements.

 

I am currently experiencing such repercussions since it is incomprehensible for a site that was once receiving over 15,000 readers per day to drop to as low as 250 readers per day. If I were a powerful Black man, I would have sued Google for a huge amount of money for what they did to me. This would have made them reconsider misusing their position and attacking innocent individuals because of the truth.

 

They intentionally ruined our legitimate health blog, which was exposing the US government, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control, by entering my HTML and altering it to fit their needs because I am using a Google Blogger account. What offenses has Google not committed against me that, if I had done the same, would have resulted in my imprisonment?

 

There is no truth, and as the vulnerable and the poor continue to suffer, the world is falling apart at an accelerated rate. However, since nobody wants to become an enemy, they don’t give a damn, not even politicians or celebrities. Although I can sympathize with Jesus Christ's suffering due to the truth, I am proud of that Messiah because he rose from the dead.

 

Scientists have created many devices, such as oxygen respiration machines and incubators, but who can revive a deceased person? It is because your power is finite and only exists on earth. I despise those who believe they can rule or inflict suffering on others. I will not worship Google because power belongs to that unstoppable spirit we call God, not Google.

THE SYSTEMATIC ABUSE OF POWER IN COLONIAL AFRICA

Humans used as transport was another abuse of power in the colonial era, in Africa

During the colonial era in Africa, the masters often received the respect accorded by Black people out of fear. Based on this misconception that Black people fear them, they abused their power horrifically and inhumanly without regret or remorse.

However, the myth that a Black man fears a white man is total nonsense. Europeans scrambled over Africa with sheer brutality and aggression, subduing Africans; therefore, they were too vulnerable and powerless to react. 

The same abuse and oppression of Black people exist today in many European countries and the United States of America. If not for the Black Lives Matter demonstration after George Floyd's death, there would still be statues commemorating key figures who committed horrible crimes against humanity during slavery and the colonial era.

The fathers of independence, such as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Patrice Lumumba of Congo, had no fear of the British and Belgian governments. 

They gained independence for their countries, but because Britain and Belgium actually feared them, Nkrumah was removed from power in a coup masterminded by the CIA, and Patrice Lumumba was assassinated in a plot conceived by the Belgian government. 

In apartheid South Africa, Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela, and his colleagues had no fear of the minority apartheid leaders. Despite the force of brutality they unleashed, maiming and opening fire on protesting, defenseless South Africans, they murdered Steve Biko and put other ANC key members, including Nelson Mandela, behind bars for twenty-seven years because they feared them. 

When it comes to crime, there are many white criminals out there, as well as Black criminals, but the Black man is always given a second look because of the color of his skin. Just being Black makes you a suspect. In the United States of America, Black drivers are more often stopped and harassed than white motorists.

In Belgium, being Africans among white workers, all eyes were on us as suspects when sandwiches had been missing every time from the dining hall. The atmosphere becomes tense when, on the fifth day of the week, one of the workers finds his food stolen again.

This time, the management decides to do something about it. They secretly started their investigations, creating an undetected hideout, aiming to catch the person responsible for this theft red-handed.

 

The following week, about a quarter to noonday, a mysterious man emerged into the quiet dining hall, looking for a meal to steal. After tasting some meals, he found a delicious one, and he took it. As he tried to walk out, he was intercepted.

 

Colonial power in Africa took all that they wanted and destroyed the souls of Africans

Shockingly, out of hundreds of workers at the company, the mysterious thief appeared to be one of our colleagues from Portugal. The sandwich thief was Portuguese, not African.

The need to respect all races

 

It is absolutely wrong to take the respect someone gives as a fear to treat him very badly. Many enjoy being racist; some people like to discriminate against Black people, calling them degrading names, but the question is, what do racists get from hate? Nothing is more significant than violence and the destruction of property.

Who lives forever, and what makes you think your color is better than someone else's when there is a big difference between the color white and real black? If white people's color is white like white paper, I think everyone who sees them will run to hide somewhere in fear.

Respect doesn’t mean fear; therefore, those who have that sick mentality should begin to dismantle it from their brains because racial problems have caused too much death and violence, and without respect for other races, there will never be peace on earth.