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0 pointsagumonkey4y ago0 comments

These are all cute words, but on my daily routine I see nothing of that sort. People are not especially empowered, power which I believe comes as much from emotional and human experience rather than words.

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wolverine8764y ago· 2 in thread

I can't imagine your daily routine. Education, literacy, and political empowerment constantly play a role in my life, the life of people around me, my society, my economy, etc.

One might say that education and literacy play a role in what we're doing right this moment ...

agumonkeyOP4y ago

most people I ran at work into were not specially educated, nor empowered, they coast along trying to fit in their work waiting for a bit more money to spend on not super important stuff.

A tiny example about power, woman in charge of my office bowed down in excuses after a lawyer insulted her for his own mistake. This is the sort of power people still don't have and that no book will teach you.

now, to be fair, my experience is only that, if so I wish I could live in yours :)

wolverine8764y ago

> most people I ran at work into were not specially educated

We're talking about an historic timescale. If they are literate and have high school degrees, they are very well educated compared to pre-industrial people.

> woman in charge of my office bowed down in excuses after a lawyer insulted her for his own mistake. This is the sort of power people still don't have and that no book will teach you.

Those situations are stomach-turning to me. Books do teach people about that kind of power, how to get it and use it (unfortunately), and how to respond to it. Also, literacy and education led to that attorney's power (unfortunately).

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