The difference in power goes from kings and presidents to the slaves of this world. People's power and rank would be determined by strength, combat skills, and overall physicality in most places, but over the years this has slowly changed and has since become less about who is the strongest person physically of the group than the most intelligent or the most tactical. Strength is still important in the world, but the roles of leaders focus more on wisdom, intelligence, and tactics while inspiring strength in others and demonstrating it themselves. These leaders control lower-ranking people because of their intelligence or knowledge. Knowledge gives people, of all types, strength and power, perhaps not physical strength, but mental strength over others. This knowledge allows people to control those who have less knowledge. People with more knowledge maintain their knowledge lead by filtering or taking the knowledge of others. This tactic aims to keep those with power in power and force everyone else to do their bidding or suppress their personal growth mentally and/or socially. It is no secret that people have had slaves in most if not all countries, but the slaves will be kept mentally inferior to quell any uprising against those who keep them enslaved. In America, black slaves were forbidden from reading and writing so that they could not become intelligent enough to plan a rebellion or seek equality. This is because it is much easier to control someone who is mentally deficient in comparison. This tactic has been used in most countries where slaves are allowed over the years and more often than not, when the slaves or the oppressed understand that they are beginning to be denied, these people rise up and take their freedom and equality . WEB de Bois, Booker T Washin...... middle of paper ... used to manipulate people into doing things they don't really want to do or use. The world we live in is like "The Matrix", a movie released in March 1999. In the movie, the world we see is not the one we actually find ourselves in and people don't have no idea of ​​the truth of the world around them. The film begins with the decision between a red pill and a blue pill. The blue pill returns the neo played by Keanu Reeves to his normal life where he does not remember any of the events of the decision and the red pill will show him the truth of the world and the sci-fi adventure begins. True knowledge is very powerful and can give people back control of the world. The only question that arises is do people want to remain ignorant of what is happening in the world around them or do they want to know the truth where the world reveals itself as it is?.