So "unsafe environment" = "somebody who disagrees with me"? How are we supposed to have conversations w each other like this, as humans? The whole point of a conversation is to gather different viewpoints!
Stem is versō which means "to turn"! Not to stay where you were before...
The people who build collective power are typically individuals who have lacked traditional access to individualized power. What they know too is that collective power is, well, empowering.