I think that you oversimplified the situation to fit your thesis. I believe that you should have included "status" in your typology. I do not believe that RBG was motivated by "power" - she liked being on the Supreme Court.
I think that you oversimplified the situation to fit your thesis. I believe that you should have included "status" in your typology. I do not believe that RBG was motivated by "power" - she liked being on the Supreme Court.
I am not sure the status would drop a lot. She might have been going to a lot of parties only because was a Sup. Justice, but that seems a little unlikely a status issue. It seems more likely that the status was a function of power: everyone treats them as high status because they have power, and only because they have power.
I'm reading "liked" here as "fun/hobby/life_meaning". Plenty of people never retired and it's not over power, etc but purely it's who they are or they like their job. I see that a lot with vocational people rather than occupational people, i.e. it's not "work" but an "enjoyable hobby that pays" hence why would they ever "retire".
RGB, the cunt she was, may have simply enjoyed the job though I make no claim as to the truth of the OP.
That said I'm inclined to think that doesn't apply to politicians as they don't "do" anything that doesn't involve power, i.e. I'm not sold on the "vocational" thing if you can't do your hobby alone as, if you need validation, then it's status thing as opposed to a enjoy doing thing.
That's a good point: if your job involves exercising power, and you really like that part of the job, you are liking the power. In theory RGB could have done all the other aspects of the job by working writing a blog on law opinions. The only difference would have been that her opinions wouldn't have shaped US law. It would seem that the exercise of power over people is the desirable part for them, just like the exercise of power over wood is the desirable part for a carpenter.
I think that you oversimplified the situation to fit your thesis. I believe that you should have included "status" in your typology. I do not believe that RBG was motivated by "power" - she liked being on the Supreme Court.
I am not sure the status would drop a lot. She might have been going to a lot of parties only because was a Sup. Justice, but that seems a little unlikely a status issue. It seems more likely that the status was a function of power: everyone treats them as high status because they have power, and only because they have power.
I'm reading "liked" here as "fun/hobby/life_meaning". Plenty of people never retired and it's not over power, etc but purely it's who they are or they like their job. I see that a lot with vocational people rather than occupational people, i.e. it's not "work" but an "enjoyable hobby that pays" hence why would they ever "retire".
RGB, the cunt she was, may have simply enjoyed the job though I make no claim as to the truth of the OP.
That said I'm inclined to think that doesn't apply to politicians as they don't "do" anything that doesn't involve power, i.e. I'm not sold on the "vocational" thing if you can't do your hobby alone as, if you need validation, then it's status thing as opposed to a enjoy doing thing.
That's a good point: if your job involves exercising power, and you really like that part of the job, you are liking the power. In theory RGB could have done all the other aspects of the job by working writing a blog on law opinions. The only difference would have been that her opinions wouldn't have shaped US law. It would seem that the exercise of power over people is the desirable part for them, just like the exercise of power over wood is the desirable part for a carpenter.