What Is Power?

Evidence from your blog entries, 300-500 words.

I think means that power is something that a person or a group of people can do to change things. But not only change things, but also the person or group of people can control other people (which is more a dictator, but a dictator has the power to control other people). How the person or group of people choose to use their powers, determines if it’ good or bad thing that they have powers. If the power falls into the wrong hands it could really become a disaster For example a dictator has power and uses the power for evil things, like forced labor. But a president has power to, and could decide what to do if there is a war, which is a good power.

In the great powers game, the bigger countries had the bigger advantage, since already from the start they had more money to spend. Even though not all big countries have a lot of power, they have bigger chances of being heard than smaller countries. I think it has to do with that the population is probably also bigger, and that means more people, more “minds” to form more ideas. Additionally more people join the army making the defense better. A good defense also means power, because it can defeat others, and take control, achieving power in that way. Another reason is more unemployed people are getting jobs, making the economy grow. A big economy can do a lot of good, and gives a lot of power to a country, because it makes the country wealthier. A rich country also gives power, because they can buy more weapons, employers, electricity, industries and a lot of things that could make a country better.

For my industrial revolution project I did a piece about women’s rights and that also shows that before men had all the power. Before women had to stay at home and take care of the home, while the men were out working to earn the money. Women weren’t allowed to vote, they weren’t allowed to choose who ruled in the county that they lived in too. This show’s that the men made all the decisions, because they worked and got an education. After allot of demonstrations, it wasn’t until 1920, that women in America were allowed to vote. All these things that happened before are still happening today in some countries. Which shows inequality, and that men have more power.

In Animal Farm, education equals power and that was because the other animals didn’t understand what was happening, but were relying on the educated to tell them what was happening. The educated animals took advantage of this, and started to make the other uneducated animals do all the labor. Education is also a key to power. With the information you can understand what is happening, or what needs to be done. It is also a way to become a president, who like I said before, has a lot of power.

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