The Power We Possess

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>THE POWER WE POSSESS: </span>Understanding the Power of Your Vote and the Need for the Political Evolution of the Black Electorate defines power as <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>both a physical substance and an idea that is neutral and expansive. It will serve any master without remorse or compassion and when held will increase at an exponential and predictable rate. Power is also a principle. It is a fundamental universal law from which many others derive. Simply stated the </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Power Principle </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>provides that those who have power shall prosper and those who do not shall serve. The </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Power Process</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is also observable. When it flows it is like an electrical current either direct or alternating. </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When its flow is regular it appears as structure. When it moves quickly and takes an irregular course it is more characteristic of what is generally understood as a process. The Law of Power Units: </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>each of us is a self-contained power unit. A power unit is composed of an individual and his/her power set. A power set is the individual power unit plus the skills and resources he/she brings to the table. </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Critical Mass</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> (CM) is the minimum number of enriched/enlightened persons required to effect revolutionary political change. The Critical Mass equation is best stated as CM = φ (AAP)). This formula indicates less than two percent of our people having been properly enriched can generate the explosive impact radical change and radiant growth that will be the result of the cultural/political chain reaction. The attainment of Critical Mass is therefore the single most important objective of any organization whose goal is the empowerment of African Americans. Through </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Critical thinking</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> a developed </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Military Mindset</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> the use of</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Strategic Economics </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>and the tactic of </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Confrontational Politics</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> we will be able to win the psychological war defeat the </span>political<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>economic and cultural ideology known as </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>white supremacy</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Plantation Politics</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and the intricate series of interlocking laws policies treaties and judicial opinions backed by the ever-present threat of massive violent force that supports it. Thus we will create the New Body Politic that will change the course of human events both here and abroad. </span></p>