week 8 blog 1

Did Nietzsche’s the immoralist on Monday.  There were some interesting concepts.  I really liked the master/slave concept.  It made me think a lot, and evaluate myself.  Am I a slave or a master?  Naturally I want to be the master, but am I?  Is it possible for us know if we are on or the other?  The master seeks power.  But how do we define power?  Is it literal?  Or is it this power something that is inside us, like some kind of hidden social ability? Maybe the power is simply power of influence.  Being able to get what you want, do what you want and go where you want.  If that is what power is, then I see myself as more on the side of the master.  I want to be loved by lots of people.  I want them to think highly of me, to say “Oh look, there’s AJ, he’s a good guy.”  If that is power, and the master strives for power then am I the master?  Or am a slave to an ideal created by the masters to keep me occupied while they gain more power?  Ok that sounds like a conspiracy theory, but if power is only a “bow down before me nave” kind of power then is there really any masters?  Could we say the Queen of England is a master then?  I think so.  I think that leaders of countries, CEOs of Wall Street, and religious or cult leaders are all masters.  They could be compared to shepherds leading the flock.  Being a master is about having the mindset of a master.  No pity for the slave, just the pursuit of power. When I think of the master I imagine Leonardo DiCaprio's character in The Wolf of Wall Street.  To him money is power, and you can never have too much of it.