Power And Silence

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Power And Silence

In Egypt we recently witnessed a magnificent protest. The Arab culture and temperament allow fantastic displays of emotion and excitement, a tonic for a repressed middle class white boy like me. The people had a strong case, they stated it with strength of numbers.

I noticed the army stood by silently, made their presence felt but didn't intervene. Because they held the real power they didn't need to say a word. They were busy deciding whether to act or not act.

The case of the people was heard, judgement was made in their favour, the people went back to work with a feeling of power. Governments try to stop us raising our voices, they don't want us to feel this sense of power even if it is an illusion. We might get used to the feeling, begin to see that all power is simply an illusion that our culture tells us is true.

The truly powerful can sit in silence and decide on what real action will be taken. While we are forced to shout to get what we want we know we don't have any real power.

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