Sunday, June 8, 2008

Power

Power, the force in which one has the authority and/or ability to control and manipulate something. That is what we all struggle for. Sometimes it's as simple as having the power to make the decision on what you are wearing today or sometimes its about what we want our life to be or mean. Regardless of what you want to have control of it's a constant struggle between you and the opposing forces.

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Who might those opposing forces be? Many people are unaware of them due to modern distractions that are imprinted into our minds thanks to things like our friends, family, and in general the Media. The Media is mostly Controlled by only 5 corporations. The 2nd largest being viacom which owns TV stations like mtv, vh1 and many others along with stations and movie production companies etc.

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The majority of young Americans are influenced to go to college to get a high paying job or to save up to by that fancy new gadget at the local electronics store, but what good is a high paying job if the American dollar is worth less every day? The word power is often used to describe someones physical and brute strength or the might of a nation's military, but it's not just that, It's your ability to make conscious decisions and reactions to your surrounding environment. Next time someone tells you that you can or can't do something because it's illegal, morally wrong, or they just don't want you to, remember everything is for a reason and just because you don't know it doesn't mean it does not exist. Whether you disagree or not and want to make it change is up to you. Changing something big as one person is very difficult. It's the constant struggle between the power of one person and the power of the law or social norms of a society.

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When there is one or more people involved then the sides of power are shifted further from The authority. If a group of people are joined together for the cause of one or more things, then their combined ability to control and manipulate the social norms can shift the situation if they so choose. Therefore, the more people unite together for a single cause, the more control the people have, the less effective corruption becomes, resulting in democratic power being obtained by the people to get what is wanted...

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