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Power Over Others
Whenever You want something or someone to act as You want (or against their will, or change their beliefs against their will) You are exercising power over them.
Even if it’s for seemingly just causes like ending racism, You are still using Your power over them. With that, violating the law of free will that is one of the underlying concepts in this reality.
Whenever You exercise power over someone, the response is usually anger or violence. At the very least, some sort of argument or aggression. (Because in the act of violence, which messing with someone’s free will is, the person will have to fight for their given right of free will).
We will, unfortunately, see more of this in the coming months. Power being inflicted on both sides of the coin. Or all sides. (Quite possibly years as well).
The solution, create new realities Yourselves. Or live it. Want to change racism? Don’t be a racist, that’s it. Want people to care more about animals? Start caring for animals. Want equal rights for all human beings? Start treating humans equally. Want equal pay for women? Start a company and pay women equally or even more. (They will probably flock to Your company and make it awesome!)
Demanding these things from governments (or others) is why we are in this mess in the first place.
To add to it, one of the reasons why humans feel the need to protest and to go with aggression/violence is because it (acts of power, violence) is being done to them by the governments. The cycle has to end somewhere or in some way. Right now, it seems more violence is likely. But as always this is in the hands of the people themselves.
Ian Altosaar
