Test 5

Standing Up with Power

   Moving beyond following leaders who outrank, dominate, dehumanize, traumatize or criminalize for profit

Many of us have been socialized to believe that:

   humans are untrustworthy and dangerous and
   regular citizens lack the courage and moral fortitude to stand up to moral breaches,
   Therefore, the contention is that we need external systems (e.g., religion, law enforcement) to provide moral guidance
   noble warriors (i.e., law enforcement and corrections personnel) to arrest and punish
   and they deserve to be well-funded, richly paid – without any conditions - to ensure we can trust them to protect us without oversight