Flatted Fifth on Nostr: On one hand, I see people regularly over-inflating the power of one person to make ...

On one hand, I see people regularly over-inflating the power of one person to make drastic change. People will say things like, "If you don't like schools in your community, fix the school district so it's way better."

"If you don't like the democratic party, get involved in the party and change it."

"I've had people tell me that I should change our economic system from capitalism to something else, if I don't like capitalism."

Yeah, the guy in his basement that no one has ever heard of is going to change the entire economic system of US.

Yet, these same people scoff at the power of the collective. That's the trick isn't it? They tell people, you can do anything, there's nothing you can't do, but don't work together to do anything because that's communism, you have to do it all by yourself, but you absolutely can do it.

You can't. It's the phantom power of individualism. As individuals, we're easily controlled and powerless.