In a society where belonging to the masses does not allow human beings to develop rationally, emotionally and culturally, being part of a minority is not a sign of social failure, on the contrary, being part of a minority makes you an individual acting within society autonomously and relevantly, something that people who are part of the “great flock” cannot.
When following the rules is perpetuating injustice, maintaining and cultivating traditions is obsolete and socializing the media in the face of a sense of emptiness, stopping and changing course is not crazy, in fact it is a sign of mental activity and, in some cases, of coherence between actions and thoughts.
- To be part of a minority is not to stray from the lives of others.
- From the world.
- To be part of a minority and to be selective with the people with which you interact is to have courage.
- To have a retrospective vision and a determination.
- In order to promote positive change in the society in which you live.
Moscovici, Lage and Naffechoux (1969) conducted an experiment that showed that, under certain conditions, it is possible for a minority to influence the judgment of the majority and this may be due to two main factors: the coherence of their views over time and group unity around their approaches.
The task was to determine the color and brightness of a series of slides that were actually all blue, some respondents were complicit in the researcher and responded “green” at all times, which made them totally consistent in their opinion.
When a minority of participants consistently judge the blue and green slides, the other participants will agree, but if the minority falters and some say it is blue and others say it is green, most participants will disagree with green. The influence of the minority is very clear when its coherence and security is perceived in its position.
“All efforts of progress, development, science, for religious, political and economic purposes come from the minority, not from the masses. -Emma Goldman-
What we now enjoy as a right or as a scientific advance has been promoted by people who are called witches, madmen, destabilizers of the social order or marginalized. Minorities are often at the root of major changes, which regenerate and cure a social cycle that shows their symptoms at random.
“In a democracy, the majority of citizens are capable of exercising the cruelest repression on the minority. -Edmund Burke-
In the field of science, art or activism by a true social conscience, “weird people?”They try to wake us up to think before rejecting their ideas and ignoring them, at the same time they make us look around with enthusiasm, believe in utopia and remember that our power goes beyond the inertia that marks the general consensus.
The motivation for change is what sets a curious minority apart from a transformative minority. At first glance, the power over which he considers “others”, and the second, the power to transform society so that “he, his family and everyone else” have a better quality of life.
“The smallest minority on Earth is the individual. Can’t you call those who deny individual rights a minority advocate?Ayan Rand?”
The curious minority seek to impose themselves without scientific and social debate, seeks to subjugate people with taxes and never with reflection.
Transformative minorities never fight for power because they don’t want to be a part of it. No one chooses them as heroes, but society needs them.
That’s why it’s important to know that if people call you strange or weird, you can find the key to solving the ignorance others demonstrate. Before you blame yourself and get depressed because people don’t understand you, do a great introspection work with yourself. and understand that defending your lifestyle is your way of positioning yourself in the world and inspiring others.
Before feeling bad for belonging to a minority, imagine what it would be like if it were the other way around, sometimes the acceptance of the other implies the end of oneself.