Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.
Power tends to get confused with repression.
What they can expect always is that they're going to be made to think.
You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.
People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.
I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.
When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.