Domination Drive

A Domination Drive is a psychological drive that compels individuals or groups to seek control and power over others.

• AKA: Will to Power, Control Impulse, Power Drive, Dominance Motivation.
• Context:
  • It can typically manifest through Political Systems as authoritarian tendency.
  • It can often operate through Economic Systems via monopolistic behavior.
  • It can typically express through Social Hierarchys as status seeking.
  • It can often corrupt Democratic Institutions through power concentration.
  • It can range from being an Individual Domination Drive to being a Collective Domination Drive, depending on its social scale.
  • It can range from being a Conscious Domination Drive to being an Unconscious Domination Drive, depending on its awareness level.
  • It can range from being a Benevolent Domination Drive to being a Malevolent Domination Drive, depending on its moral orientation.
  • It can range from being a Weak Domination Drive to being a Strong Domination Drive, depending on its intensity level.
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• Examples:
  • Political Domination Drive, such as:
    • Libido Dominandi for theological empire building.
    • Totalitarian Drive for absolute control.
  • Economic Domination Drive, such as:
    • Monopolistic Drive for market control.
    • Rentier Drive for resource extraction.
  • ...
• Counter-Examples:
  • Cooperation Drive, which seeks mutual benefit.
  • Service Drive, which prioritizes helping others.
  • Liberation Drive, which seeks freedom from control.
• See: Psychological Drive, Power Theory, Libido Dominandi, Will to Power, Authoritarian Political Ideology, Tyranny, Political Psychology.

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