Why do we give permission?

Why do we give permission for certain things to continue, even though we say we don’t want them to?

I know, this may seem simplistic. We may say that some things are just beyond our permission.

But I’m not talking about us as just individually. I’m talking about us as a collective unit — a community, or nation, or church, or anything else that binds people together.

Silence is a form of permission. Giving up is a form of permission. Saying we can’t do anything about it is a form of permission. Sure, they are excuses, but if we…