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We are Power Creatures Living in a Power Matrix



We are one of many genetically hardwired creatures with the capacity to exercise power. We live in a power matrix environment in which we are either exercising power or power is being exercised against us.

Power is the ability of a creature to get what it wants.

Humans have two options for exercising power.

● Persuasion is exercised against a human mind primaily through words or symbols. In the world today, the most powerful form of persuasion is money. The second most powerful form is belief in a god.

● Force is exercised against the human body through physical actions. The most powerful forms of force in history kill people. The most powerful options for killing people are nuclear and biological weapons.

The Laws of Power

1. Power Concentrates. Power feeds on itself and compounds.

2. Power Justifies Itself. People invent stories to legitimize the power they have or the power they want to have.

3. Power Is Infinite. There is no inherent limit on the amount of power people can create.

Together, these laws create a cycle of monopoly and monopoly busting — the power cycle that is at the very heart of political and religious histories.

● All societies, left to themselves, gravitate toward a state of hoarded, monopolized, dramatically unequal power. (Laws #1 and #2)

● Power is not zero-sum; new power can be created from thin air. People can always bypass, displace, or upend a prior state of monopoly. (Law #3)

The tendency in civic life is to get stuck after Law #2 kicks in.

It allows incumbent holders of power
to perpetuate and extend their dominance.

But Law #3 can save us from Laws #1 and #2 — if we remember it, can persuade others to adopt it and organize them to implement new power.

Raise Your Awareness of the Power Matrix

Power is to humans what water is to fish. We are constantly immersed in power-driven activities -- popup ads, commercials, robo calls, weaponized memes, fake news, taxes, licensing, propaganda, fines, interests, usury, etc. Are you beginning to understand how intense the Power Matrix is in our lives?

One thing they share in common is the fact that political, religious
and educational institutions do not educate the masses about or protect them
from the social media driven aspects of the  Power Matrix.

I wonder why?

The answer is found in Laws 1 & 2 above –
All societies left to themselves, gravitate toward a state of hoarded,
monopolized, dramatically unequal power

Thank you for reading this and please share and discuss it with others.

May your be blessed with, and bless others with, an abundance of TOV,
Jim Myers

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* SOURCES & RECOMMENDED READING
● TOV Center Series on Power and How Humans Use It
● Your’e More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu.

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