Im going to break the article down to a point by point of what i was getting at for clarity.
- MEME states we THINK we need guns and riots for revolution but we NEED is books and reading. additionally some think we need both.
- I give example of "humans have guns" im many countries AND fighting a tyrannous Gov is literally part of why humans have them in the USA, but no revolution.
- I give examples of "humans have books/reading" world wide, humans are "educated" AND know governments are tyrannous, but no revolution.
- I highlight the need to understand the enemy (the Govs), so strategic planning can be considered and give Mr. Freeze example.
- I present Our Greatest Weapon is the "mind unleashed", implying that guns and books are worthless without intent of the person behind them. The EVIDENCE of this is that we HAVE BOTH guns and books available to us, as per examples given, and STILL no revolution.
Now, the way you have decided to frame what is written means you have taken issue with my reference to the USA in the few times they appear in my article. The reason i asked about BOTH your country of origin AND education is to establish PERSPECTIVE as you only took issue with my reference to the USA, a semantic of a governing factor might i add, and not with my statements about "the educated".
I really think you should take another look at the article because i DO exemplify areas of issue with "the educated", history written by the victors, book knowledge is not practical knowledge, the delusion a degree means they have the upper hand in every situation.
Again you are missing the point of the Mr Freeze section, lets change the example to fire and firefighters. A firefighter who does not learn how fire burns, how it reacts to various chemicals and materials, in various conditions, etc. will be at a considerable disadvantage comparatively to those firefighters who DO know these things. In fact it may be the difference between life and death NOT ONLY for the firefighter but anyone else being impacted by the fire. KNOWING THE ENEMY (the fire) is a crucial element to attaining victory (for the fire fighters) with much less effort. Does that mean there will never be another fire ever again ? no, but it means that firefighters KNOW what needs to be done and the best way to do it to achieve their goal. So you can continue to think its "worthless" but there are numerous examples which prove otherwise.
The power is absolutely within us.... there is no question about it. Here is an exercise for you. take a gun and a book put them together in a room and tell them to start a revolution, then let me know when they themselves have achieved that. I will go out on a limb here and say it wont happen, lol. it takes the hooman to take up these tools and USE them for ANYTHING to happen, the tools will not act alone, THEREFORE, we DO have the power within us, but we CHOOSE not to act even though we have the tools.
Which brings me back to the actual POINT of the article, which is, Our Greatest Weapon is the mind, without it unleashed from its conditioning we could have ANY tools on the face of the earth at our disposal and it will still be irrelevant to the outcome as we will not use the tools as intended.
PS: Im also still waiting on that other country which fits the aforementioned criteria to better my examples...
It’s ok, I concede.
was hunting for understanding ;)