http://taexalia.me/2007/02/13/power-and-powerlessness-conflict-and-peace/ wild.life Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://taexalia.me/2007/02/13/power-and-powerlessness-conflict-and-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-51 tammy vitale Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://taexalia.me/blog/2007/02/13/power-and-powerlessness-conflict-and-peace/#comment-51 I want to say something wise to add to this but I think you cover it all when you say each of us must be peace first before peace will find its way into the larger realm. Sometimes, though, I do think that the Universe moves like a glacier. I wish I were more encouraged by a majority of folks in the US finally "getting it" about the war - what was so clear to me at the very start. Why did we have to relearn answers to questions that had been asked and answered in my own lifetime - nevermind historically. And all of that gets back to power - it isn't about truth and justice, it's about who gets all the cookies. (as we used to say in community-based organizing: follow the money and you'll know where the power is and is moving) I want to say something wise to add to this but I think you cover it all when you say each of us must be peace first before peace will find its way into the larger realm. Sometimes, though, I do think that the Universe moves like a glacier. I wish I were more encouraged by a majority of folks in the US finally “getting it” about the war – what was so clear to me at the very start. Why did we have to relearn answers to questions that had been asked and answered in my own lifetime – nevermind historically. And all of that gets back to power – it isn’t about truth and justice, it’s about who gets all the cookies. (as we used to say in community-based organizing: follow the money and you’ll know where the power is and is moving)

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