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A chief owned all the wells in a village. Every morning, people lined up to buy water. The price kept rising.
The people grumbled quietly. "This is too much." But when they reached the front, they paid and left.
One day, a young man asked his father, "Why don't we dig our own well?"
His father muttered, "Shhh. The chief has guards. They will come at night. Just pay and stay quiet."
"But Papa, we are many. The guards are few," the boy responded.
The father whispered, "Yes, but what if they remember our faces? Better to suffer than be singled out."
So they kept paying. The price kept rising. Families bathed once a week. Children drank less water. Still, they paid.
The chief watched from his balcony and smiled. "I don't even need guards. Fear is cheaper than force. As long as they fear what might happen more than they hate what is happening, they'll never resist."
A council member asked him, "What if they realise they outnumber us?"
The chief laughed. "They know. But each waits for someone else to speak first. While they wait, I raise the price."
The prison with no walls is the one where every man guards his own chains.
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FEAR: The greatest tool used by oppressors on their victims.
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