As a mechanism of power, information is everything.
How can you ever make any kind of choice whatsoever without having all of the relevant information? We need information like we need air and water.
We are a beast that tries to think. We want to be logical in our decisions. We believe we are smart and rational. But the basis for that rationality comes from information.
We need information to be an active positive participate in the social world.
Some people go out of their way to share information. That is what I try to do with this blog and with my teaching. I want to show you what power really is so you can regain Choice.
Some people, like Bradley Manning. think the world can change when the truth is shared.
Steven Lukes calls it the three dimensions of power. You should check out what he says in his book - Power: A Radical View.
I call the illusion of choice, Choice Between.
It is not Choice in the real sense. It is only Choice Between the options allowed.
More later...
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