The effective range of this
special power (living within the truth) cannot be measured in terms of
disciples, voters, or soldiers, because it lies spread out in the fifth column
of social consciousness, in the hidden aims of life, in human beings’ repressed
longing for dignity and fundamental rights, for the realization of their real
social and political interests. Its power, therefore, does not reside in the
strength of definable political or social groups, but chiefly in the strength
of a potential, which is hidden throughout the whole of society, including the
official power structures of that society. Therefore this power does not rely
on soldiers of its own, but on the soldiers of the enemy as it were – that is
to say, on everyone who is living with the lie and who may be struck at any
moment (in theory, at least) by the force of truth. It is a bacteriological
weapon, so to speak, utilized when conditions are ripe by a single civilian to
disarm an entire division.
Havel, Vaclav (1986) The Power of
the Powerless. In “Living with Truth.”
London and Boston: Faber and faber. p.58-59.
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