Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of lizzie bright and the buckminster boy.

"may i ask why? or is this something else that wasn't intended to embarrass the new minister? "

"because i wanted to know if it was true."

"if what was true? "

"if lizzie was lying to me. if all she wanted to do was to get me on her side so she wouldn't have to leave the island."

reverend buckminster sighed. "it doesn't matter if it's true. it matters what people think. it matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a negro girl on malaga island. it doesn't matter at all how she got you out there."

"it matters to me," turner whispered.

"speak up! "

based on the dialogue between turner and his father, what conclusion can be drawn about reverend buckminster?
a.) he believes that his son cannot be trusted.
b.) he cares greatly about the opinions of others.
c.) he feels that lizzie will be a bad influence.
d.) he dislikes everyone living on malaga island.

B is correct

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.