“We are our own slaves, not of the British. This should be engraved on our minds. The whites cannot remain if we do not want them. If the idea is to drive them out with firearms, let every Indian consider what precious little profit Europe has found in these.”
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Much of what feels imposed from outside actually survives on our cooperation; the outside power holds on only while we keep handing it the means. Looking for the enemy's weapons misses the real lever, which is the participation you could simply stop giving.
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- An employee who realizes a controlling boss rules him only because he keeps saying yes to every after-hours demand.
- A shopper trapped by a subscription she could cancel the moment she stopped clicking renew.
- A town that keeps a poor contractor in business because no one ever organizes to look elsewhere.