In the section that I was assigned to, it talked a lot about how powerful the people are as a whole. It says in the book, “democracy is more powerful than bloated companies and politicians”. I agree with this immensely because the people have the power to change the opinions of others by pure peer pressure alone. It is a truly fascinating thing to see when there is a giant crowd of people who are fighting (not physically) for what they think is right.
There are tons of examples of people gathering to start or stop something for the greater good. For example, there was a company that was trying to cut down the trees on a land that was sacred to a Native American tribe. The tribe and even locals who were not associated with the tribe, helped to speak out to stop this from happening. Eventually, after many hours of protest, the company gave up and the trees were no longer at risk of being chopped down.
“Peer pressure obviates the need for police, lawyers, judges, and prisons.” This is what the author said when talking about the power of peer pressure. Peer pressure is as powerful as it is dangerous. When used for the right reasons it is very good in enacting change, but when it is used for the wrong reasons it can be devastating. For some reason we as humans are much more easily convinced to do something when there are others that are doing it, hence the term, “All the cool kids are doing it”.
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