We as a society have a decision to make. It is the same decision many societies have had to make year after year. Do we collectively want the people with guns, authoritarian force to be what solves problems, what chooses who is right and when they are right? I have seen many reports on violence in Dallas, Texas where I live, combined with the recent news of Charlie Kirk being murdered, as well as reminders of 9/11 I figured it was worth commenting about.
If we invest in a society that shows that communication and non-violent interaction, collective investment leads to positive change and actual power people will see it more as a viable option. If one believes calling the cops or investing in a lawyer to draw up a lawsuit to fix problems will lead to change, change that doesn’t take years, change that won’t be prevented time after time by injustice an inaction – we collectively invest in the power in non-violent means to achieve ends. It is also important to reinforce that access to money and resources that pays cops or lawyers salaries is not true justice, is not sufficient to be called righteous – money not seen as the only requirement to win matters and is far from ideally turned up, and less ideally turned up might lead to less true inspiration of non-violent interactions.
There likely should be a metric, a sensor, a dashboard in society that tells the level of power in non-violence means to achieve ends, to achieve results. In a healthy, constructive society, a society that fosters respect for all voices and the value, humanization of all citizens. I can say personally from my own perspective and experience in 2025, in Dallas, Texas – I have invested heavily in non-violent action – including humanization, generosity, prayer, and belief in positive paths towards peace – yet I feel in combination the power is lacking. Like having a dashboard of solar panels on a cloudy day, a wind farm with millions invested and no wind. The power exists, but requirement to rely upon God to remove the clouds, add the wind doesn’t feel all good.
The more we turn up and raise the power and awareness of nonviolence as useful the more we turn up that light and wind. There are ways it could easily be turned down – the person is not pretty enough, the person is too annoying, the person is fat, old, aged, diseased, undesirable – all potential reasons that listening, hearing, humanizing might not sell at ideal capacity. It would be nice if the World had a box that said safe for ages 2 to 115 – yet that is not really the World we turn up. The more we invest in humanization, the more we invest in less than ideally desirable humanized, doesn’t have to be Einstein to be humanized the more we invest in a future that protects and humanizes all.
Peace and forgiveness sometimes resonates as bullshit in society, life, church, and religion. A system and mindset claimed on a superficial level that doesn’t actually deliver will likely lead to less appreciation for remedies that utilize communication over authoritarian power. A society that claims to forgive and then labels people for life in ways that hurt their capacity to live a meaningful life will resonate like bullshit and has the potential to inspire political movements that are less fair, just, and involved in equal equity.
The more we invest in non-violent means achieves results today, the more power (less clouds and active wind) we will have for tomorrow.
Comprehend nonviolence as a battery matters and isn’t cheap
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