My Power

    I have a very strong opinion on power; the people in power only have power because we choose to give it to them, and they keep it by tricking us into forgetting that we did. That's the reason people keep insisting that ordinary people can't change society, despite the fact that ordinary people are the only reason society exists in the first place. Not even a dictator can run a country without the consent of his people. Not all of his people, of course, but enough of them so that his rule isn't challenged by those who think he's not doing anything for them (small side note, why are there no female dictators? Shouldn't women have the right to be evil?)

     I can't take the power away from a person on my own, but people react to my actions even if they disagree with me. It helps to remember that when I feel powerless. Our Universe wasn't made to be a place where our choices don't matter, after all. It was meant to be a place where actions, no matter how small, always have consequences and those consequences bring about other consequences. It's what makes our Universe different from The Infinite.

    Rallies and protests are flashy, but they aren't how real change happens. Change happens when we decide to be who we truly are and not what society says we're supposed to be. Change happens when we decide that our voices should be heard, and we keep shouting until they are. In a world that demands you conform to needs of those above you, the truest act of rebellion is to be yourself.