The Pros And Cons Of Empowering Ordinary People

The domination of an organized minority over the unorganized majority is inevitable. The power of any minority is irresistible as against each single individual in the majority, who stands alone before the totality of the organized minority. At the same time, the minority is organized for the very reason that it is a minority. (Mosca. 1953)

In the annals of history, states and societies have been ruled by small but superior assembly of people that controls a large amount of authority and influence. For a long time, the term and concept of elite has been unpopular as it was intricately linked to superiority and exclusivity with a strong contempt for the masses, and as such an antagonistic idea to democracy. (Hartman. 2004) However, in a highly

More than just technical expertise, elites need to establish right culture, empower people, build analytical infrastructure and acquire reliable data to succeed in analytics. Although intuition and past practices may give elites cogent clues in deciphering future events, often the new situation presents itself in a different context. To complicate matters, collecting data superficially, ignoring certain pieces of information and making assumptions rather than investigating or using self-confirming reasoning produces cognitive errors in the perception of veracity. (Raelin. 2002)

Empowering ordinary people should be the foremost goal of the intellectuals. Objectivity must play a major role if one is to espouse ideas that are contrary to the actual reality or to combat outdated thoughts, keeping any political or ideological leanings separate. (Devon. 20) By disseminating research and findings not only to the realm of academes and private groups, the society will have greater awareness of facts, theories and policies that will allow active involvement and conception of informed

In most societies, religious leaders provide guidance on interpreting beliefs and articulate the values for living in alignment with faith. Religion thus shapes worldwide views and influences the believer’s sense of identity, with important implications for conflict and peace. Religious bodies are challenged to guide their members, as well as the public, into an understanding of the purpose of faiths to obtain and guard peace. (Tools for Peace? The Role of Religion in Conflicts.