While the kids and I like to cuddle up on the sofa and read about the Kings and Queens of England, I have started early on sowing a healthy amount of doubt about leaders and their institutions. To scrutinize and question rather than accept and trust is my guiding principle. More often than not, the truth hides behind the facts that we are presented with.
Rather than focus on a few facts and figure heads, I have tried to point to the people and ideas behind. And not last but least, those millions who throughout history have kept the engine running - or not. And more than anything else, those moments in time when the masses have decided to pull the brake, to organize and rally for a cause other than the one prescribed from above, have left an impression on me. Simply because they are rare and require people to overcome their inner demons of denial and fear and, instead, raise their voices to speak up. The abolition, women's and civil rights movements are great examples, and although in the past some have let to considerable unrest and even have ended in bloody rebellions, there is still a lot to be said about people pulling down the walls of apathy.
