If the Green Grocer decide to take action by taking the sign down and stops doing what was expected of him by the system. He starts doing what he sees fit for himself and his family, he would have broken the rules of the game, that action alone will lead to a chain of events where everyone will be able to see the difference between the world of appearances and the world of realities which makes it easier for everyone to follow and live within the truth. Charter 77 was an example of people being fed up with the oppression and decided to act in order to slowly gain their power back. Charter 77 was a group of Czechoslovakian writers and thinkers who stared a petition urging the communist Czechoslovakian government to acknowledge and recognize some basic, elementary and fundamental human rights. Not a lot of people signed the petition because they were scared of the repercussions and consequences to pay, and they were right because the Czechoslovakian government exhausted a great amount of resources to get to those few who did sign the petition and they harassed them.
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All the Charter 77 signers were isolated and excluded, their meetings were banned and determined illegal, some Charter 77 members were pursued, investigated, questioned and even put in jail. People were not acting as political actors, rather they were simply acting as common people with political ambitions. Havel wanted the people to realize they didn 't need to be or act in exceptional ways or have greater knowledge of the law, they didn 't need to have power or be people of power, all they needed was to have a common issue to act upon, and they did, they wanted their most basic human rights to be recognized by the Czechoslovakian government. Living within a lie and living within the truth cannot only be stopped by massive political events, disputes and confrontation. Sometimes is the most basic material and social interest that bring the people together to make them fight for the freedom to live within the truth. Comparable with Charter 77 and the attack of Czechoslovakian underground music, which was something that brought the people together to make them realize they need to fight back. They required solidarity among …show more content…
For the reason that to survive, power must constitute its own awareness and its own system of believes. To that the only opponent is the truth, because any act that questions and disputes the false premises of what power is composed upon is in itself a threat to power. To live under a post-totalitarian regime or any other regime is to live under constant order from the authority. To maintain power the regime depends on order from the people, therefore anarchy and discord weakens the regime becoming a threat to its power. Havel tells us that once someone steps out of living within a lie they have set a massive wave for everyone to follow, a wave that can bring down the regime, even the smallest act of resistance can have abrupt consequences, just like the smallest act of submission like putting up a sign was a huge convenience for the regime and it made a difference. However, the regime is built on sand, there is no stable ground and anything can shake down its façade and illusions bringing them to its end. Havel referred to these people who choose to live within the truth as
All the Charter 77 signers were isolated and excluded, their meetings were banned and determined illegal, some Charter 77 members were pursued, investigated, questioned and even put in jail. People were not acting as political actors, rather they were simply acting as common people with political ambitions. Havel wanted the people to realize they didn 't need to be or act in exceptional ways or have greater knowledge of the law, they didn 't need to have power or be people of power, all they needed was to have a common issue to act upon, and they did, they wanted their most basic human rights to be recognized by the Czechoslovakian government. Living within a lie and living within the truth cannot only be stopped by massive political events, disputes and confrontation. Sometimes is the most basic material and social interest that bring the people together to make them fight for the freedom to live within the truth. Comparable with Charter 77 and the attack of Czechoslovakian underground music, which was something that brought the people together to make them realize they need to fight back. They required solidarity among …show more content…
For the reason that to survive, power must constitute its own awareness and its own system of believes. To that the only opponent is the truth, because any act that questions and disputes the false premises of what power is composed upon is in itself a threat to power. To live under a post-totalitarian regime or any other regime is to live under constant order from the authority. To maintain power the regime depends on order from the people, therefore anarchy and discord weakens the regime becoming a threat to its power. Havel tells us that once someone steps out of living within a lie they have set a massive wave for everyone to follow, a wave that can bring down the regime, even the smallest act of resistance can have abrupt consequences, just like the smallest act of submission like putting up a sign was a huge convenience for the regime and it made a difference. However, the regime is built on sand, there is no stable ground and anything can shake down its façade and illusions bringing them to its end. Havel referred to these people who choose to live within the truth as