A 39-year-old man is in critical condition after crashing his e-bike into a pole in Sadleir, Sydney. Police said they tried to stop him because he was not wearing a helmet. The crash is being investigated.
Systems of coercive power endure not only because of #police power or #elite control, but because ordinary people participate in them by acting as if they believe what they know to be false. They live “within a lie”.
To live in truth remains risky, inconvenient and uncertain in its outcomes. Yet that truth never guarantees success. It was that systems built on lies are strong only so long as those lies go unchallenged. Once named, their authority begins to weaken.
Systems of coercive power endure not only because of #police power or #elite control, but because ordinary people participate in them by acting as if they believe what they know to be false. They live “within a lie”.
To live in truth remains risky, inconvenient and uncertain in its outcomes. Yet that truth never guarantees success. It was that systems built on lies are strong only so long as those lies go unchallenged. Once named, their authority begins to weaken.