Thought of the Day #8

Slavery is enforced not only through top-down policy, but among the slaves.
The slaves keep each other down.

Explanation:
Conspiracy theories like to see the world as being controlled by mysterious people behind the curtains.
What they tend to forget is that we really do control each other. The way we eat, dress, sleep, walk, talk, write, surf, run, swim, read, have sex, raise kids, celebrate and die. We influence each other in every possible way.

And the opposite is true too.

Just as we can keep each other down, we can raise each other up too.