RE: Who has the power
January 17, 2022 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2022 at 2:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 16, 2022 at 4:58 pm)Spongebob Wrote: For a time after the Civil War, the occupying North held the power in the South, but then gave it back only a few short decades later. The old plantation owners had power, lost it to the North, who then gave it back to white people in the South. That power never went away, it only changed hands.Picking directly antithetical groups for comparison might lead us to believe in a zero sum game more than any two other examples would- but even here, here’s something to consider.
The us attempted to assert its power after the defeat of the confederacy- but if that’s an example of holding and using power then it would be more accurate to say that the us and the remnants of the confederacy shared power - as they were swinging their weight around too. The us didnt -give- anything back.
In the end, if you ask me, the south won that one- and even gained ground in its loss. The stars and bars fly all the way up to Canada, after all.
Any rate, I think a great approximation for who holds power in a society can be determined by prison demographics. Whatever they happen to be, the people in power are the opposite of that. Power may not actually be zero sum…but human beings can turn anything into a zero sum game, so…you know.
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