Re: Power Politics

Wilbur Streett (mailto:wstreett@MONMOUTH.COM)
Sat, 5 Apr 1997 18:10:00 -0500

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Date:         Sat, 5 Apr 1997 18:10:00 -0500
From: Wilbur Streett <mailto:wstreett@MONMOUTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power Politics
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

At 12:12 PM 4/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Wilbur Streett wrote:
>snip>
>> There have been a series of posts here about "evil society". The power lies
>> in the people, not the institutions of our societies. We just forget that
>> from time to time.
>
>Clearly we must one of the lucky ones who have the power and thus naively
>(or deliberately) believe everyone does too.

You only have the power that you believe that you have. If you believe that you are powerless, then you are.

>PLease wake up! although you're partially right when you say that "The
>power lies in the people" but you have to finish that thought:...in the
>people that are in the higher levels of the institutions of our societies!

Only in your mind. Perhaps you never heard the phrase the that King is a slave to society?

>and we cannot forget that because we are reminded and see it everyday!

I don't see that at all.

Wilbur ----------------------------------------- Putting a Human Face On Technology ;-) -----------------------------------------