“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” — Lord Acton, British historian, parliamentarian and philosopher, 1887.
Conservatives used to fondly quote Acton’s timeless warning. Not so much lately. With power shifting their way in a majority of states, they are too busy proving his point.
In Florida, at least four current controversies radiate gross abuses of power by Gov. Ron DeSantis. During an trade of insults last Monday in their one televised debate, challenger Charlie Crist put it succinctly: “He thinks he knows better than anybody.”
