The world has become an interesting place, or maybe it has always been like that and all we’re doing is discovery it bit by bit as we advance further and further with things like technology and science leading the way. An interesting thing about technology though is how as we grow as a society more and more dependent on its existence, we see many things that have always been around slowly begin changing. Take for example a simple thing like Power.
Such a thing has existed since the beginning of time, though it has changed forms and been understood in various different ways over the ages, one thing has more or less remained the same and that is that power has been given to those with the ‘bigger stick’ or in today’s terms we could say the ones with the most influence.
Yet as technology grips our society and runs with it, becoming an integral part of it, we see that power suddenly shifts with the times and it’s no longer the guy with the big stick who commands things. In fact, it becomes almost laughable to think that one man with a stick of any size has a right to do any sort of commanding at all once you have technology introduced.
Technology has brought about a form of communication that has effectively transformed the meaning of what defines Power, or at least it has begun to do that.
Yet as technology grips our society and runs with it, becoming an integral part of it, we see that power suddenly shifts with the times and it’s no longer the guy with the big stick who commands things. In fact, it becomes almost laughable to think that one man with a stick of any size has a right to do any sort of commanding at all once you have technology introduced.
Technology has brought about a form of communication that has effectively transformed the meaning of what defines Power, or at least it has begun to do that.
In a string of recent articles I found floating about the web I came across something that fascinated me. A group of Kpop fans seemed to be attempting to trend the news of a woman and her two children’s story, which was truly horrific to read through. Through the many links provided I discovered the full story and I have to admit, despite my initial doubts, the story holds quite a surprising amount of possibility in it. Still if it is a scam, which I hope it would be simply because I wouldn’t wish such horror on my worst enemy, it still brings to question many things with regards to how quickly we judge the things the web tells us as well as how horrible we have probably became as humans in this day and age when corruption becomes something we can so blatantly look away from.
*Woman and her two sons begs for help after being forced into prostitution by husband*
*Korean woman makes desperate plea for help after 20 years of sexual slavery at hands of pastor husband and family*
But what’s interesting isn’t so much the story, so much as the call for help from a desperate woman who has taken to the internet in the face of a powerful enemy. This woman, who claims to have almost nothing to her name but the desperate desire to save her two children and give them freedom, has sought out the help from strangers whom she wouldn’t know without the help of technology. Curious, isn’t it?
*Sexual abuse survivor Lee Jung Hee's sons make on-line plea for help*
But what’s interesting isn’t so much the story, so much as the call for help from a desperate woman who has taken to the internet in the face of a powerful enemy. This woman, who claims to have almost nothing to her name but the desperate desire to save her two children and give them freedom, has sought out the help from strangers whom she wouldn’t know without the help of technology. Curious, isn’t it?
*Sexual abuse survivor Lee Jung Hee's sons make on-line plea for help*
*Help Lee Jung Lee Updates*
The powerless then suddenly becomes just a little powerful as a few listen to this woman’s plea and heed her call, in however small capacity they can. Already you see the effect this has on others as they try to get the attention of the world as they prompt action to be taken.
The powerless then suddenly becomes just a little powerful as a few listen to this woman’s plea and heed her call, in however small capacity they can. Already you see the effect this has on others as they try to get the attention of the world as they prompt action to be taken.
*Timeline of events:...[please refer to the following video]*
It’s interesting to see what will happen with such a standoff as people fight to go against powers higher than them while wielding nothing more than the tools that we currently construct our future with. It would definitely be something to witness the masses change the way power is defined after all these years of the ‘bigger stick’ winning. Something tells me that would be some ground-breaking stuff right there.
Still, it will be a messy process no doubt. No one who has ever had power has given it up easily. Humans are sadly like that. I just hope Lee Jung Hee and her children aren’t the collateral in the process of learning how the new definition of the shifting of power will be. If anything, I hope they become a case study as we evolve with the new way power is defined. Then maybe the world could prove not so gloomy and dark a place as I always imagined it to be.
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