I think it's strange how people create institutions and then complain that the institution is controlling THEM, and they can't do anything to stop it. If you don't understand, I will give you some examples. Government, the judicial system, laws, big businesses. They all have something in common - they were created by PEOPLE. Yet when a person doesn't like something about one of these institutions, they complain that they 'Can't fight it' or 'Can't change it' or 'It's too big and corrupt to control'. These may be valid concerns, but it is a crazy idea to me that we create things we can not control. If a law is unjust or the government is corrupt, why can't we change it? Do these things have a life of their own? It's like Frankenstein's monster. He created it, but then he couldn't control it.
People seem to think things like businesses and government are their own entity - like a living being that can think, and dominate, and control. The truth is, these institutions are made up of people like you and me. They only gain power if WE give it to them. Think of it like a drop of water. A drop of water is pretty harmless. It can't do much damage. But when a whole bunch of drops of water get together, they can cause a flood and do tons of damage. People are like individual drops of water. If they team up together they can do wonderful......and horrible things. But if you don't want a horrible thing, like a flood, to happen, don't join the other drops of water to create the flood. No drops of water, no flood. No people behind a bad institution, no institution.
I know it's all more complicated than that. We need order and institution, and it is hard to get people to agree on how these things should be. But I think we all have more power than we give ourselves credit for. We don't have to sit back and be controlled by our creations, especially since our creations are made up of all of us.
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