According to Osho, intelligence is a primary power in society—the Brahmin’s power—that can ignite or prevent revolution. When intellectuals are honored, co‑opted, and their egos satisfied, revolt subsides; when they are slighted or excluded, they become the catalytic voice that organizes discontent and spreads rebellion. Regimes stabilize by placating thinkers; revolutions flare when thinkers turn adversarial.
If you treat the smartest voices well, things stay calm; if you insult them, they can spark a revolt.