Which idea would best fit at the beginning of a personal narrative? a. i decided to try a little harder to keep my side of the room neat and started putting my dirty clothes in a plastic bin under my bed. b. my brother decided to stop complaining all the time, and he stopped bugging me whenever i left something out by mistake. c. my brother and i get along much better now, and our parents are so glad we stopped arguing. d. my brother and i share a bedroom, and we argue all the time because he’s neat and i’m messy.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.