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FRANCESA LIA BLOCK on Finding Rhythm Through Word /323

For The Wild

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Reading and Free Thought Are Threats to the Current Systems of Power

It seems that reading and free thought are seen as threats to the current systems of power, which I guess really isn't anything new when thinking back in history. What is it about the power of imagination and transportation that makes it so threatening to these vast systems of power? It would make sense to me that we're being distracted from some of that in order to not fight back against some of this stuff that's happening. But storytelling is survival, it's how we survive ourselves but it's also how we help others survive.

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