Why we lost our personal power
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Society is designed to make us lose time, money, will and power.
This is why Emerson wrote that "Society conspires against the manhood of all its members."
Society, and all its mass institutions, is designed to continually subvert individual willpower to the goals (implicit or not) of the collectivity.
I used to wonder why most people were so negative, but only now do I understand that 95% of the population is negative BECAUSE they have been robbed of their personal power. They don't believe they can do much. So they just go with the flow.
At its simplest, "personal power" means you decide clearly on a goal, and you go ahead and achieve it. Nothing stops you. You act like a Terminator.
Society is designed to make us lose time, money, will and power.
This is why Emerson wrote that "Society conspires against the manhood of all its members."
Society, and all its mass institutions, is designed to continually subvert individual willpower to the goals (implicit or not) of the collectivity.
- Mass media (TV news programs, etc.) make us lose time.
- Companies and their marketing machinery make us lose money (even the money we have not yet earned! Through credit and financing, for instance).
- Corporate employers make us lose will and creativity ("just do your job, don't rock the boat, please")
I used to wonder why most people were so negative, but only now do I understand that 95% of the population is negative BECAUSE they have been robbed of their personal power. They don't believe they can do much. So they just go with the flow.
At its simplest, "personal power" means you decide clearly on a goal, and you go ahead and achieve it. Nothing stops you. You act like a Terminator.
posted by Super Peter at 2:09 PM
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