empowerment LO21022

Lynette Russell (lrussell@baraboo.com)
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:24:35 -0600

What does this mean? I think it indicates power over someone else. I
empower you to ...

[Host's Note: Lynette, you've hit right on the essential contradiction...

"Empowered" means you have the power, not me.

If I can empower you, then I can take it away and you are not "empowered."
Thus, the usual use, "I empower you to..." has a built-in contradiction.

...Rick]

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