Forum Post: People, only people, are the motive force in the making of history.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 6, 2011, 3:55 a.m. EST by ChinaFeng
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People, only people, are the motive force in the making of history.——Chairman Mao
Wealth is the secondary motive. We've been fooled into believing debt is wealth. Plotting overthrow from your $500 ipod paying out $50 every month for access is also another form of debt unless of course it was all free and the king is giving you free run in the halls of power.
Although Chairman Mao was speaking from a Communist perspective, this quote holds true in every social situation. The power belongs to the people, no matter which social form they live in, who all too often have been taught a form of learned helplessness and think themselves unable to change the world. Education and inspiration of those who have been "dumbed down" is the way forward.