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People who use power cues and act powerfully and proactively tend to be perceived as powerful by others. Some people become influential even though they do not overtly use powerful behavior. Power as a relational concept: Power exists in relationships. The issue here is often how much relative power a person has in comparison to one's partner.
This means, that if it is taken to be the central factor in social change initiatives, those who do not have it (including countries and people who need it most) are powerless." [ 1 ] SEED-SCALE notes that human energy is a resource that is already present, already being used in every community in the world.
The Arab people became the object for colonizers, dictators and imams, with their call to submission and arms. Never a subject for thought and action, the people lacked political agency, powerless to forge a collective moral self, let alone a nation to demand self-determination: the right to tell right from wrong in the public sphere.
Dear J.B., I agree, you seem to have a dictatorship, but it's a dictatorship born of active disinterest. Your neighbors are effectively rubber-stamping this continued system of "government" by ...
Those who disbelieve the ideology are fatalistic, supporting the system because they feel powerless to change it, or Machiavellian, cynically exploiting the system for their own ends. Both groups develop a form of doublethink .
“People are very frustrated that the president appears defensive and in denial. He’s like the grandpa who refuses to give up the car keys even though it’s not safe for him to drive anymore ...
People have translated at least some of this increased emotional turmoil into action. ... Channeling energy into positive change can help mitigate feelings of powerlessness.
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. [1] [2] This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of group action and may involve individuals, organizations, or both. [3]