I like this experience for a couple reasons.

One, it shows the power of courage in personal situations like this

But for two, and this is the bigger one for me, it acts as an analogy of our power on the world stage.

When we unify, it's over. Once we decide to stop playing their game en masse, their power evaporates... but it was never truly there in the first place. What we have here is an illusion of power.

The power lies with us, as it always has. That is the source of their hatred of us.