Does writing have the power to enact social change

I believe writing has the power to enact social change. People can be easily persuaded by your writing if you use the right approach. In the poem "The Bombing of Baghdad", Jordan appeals to senses and give visual descriptions. She also describes all of the things that "we" bombed. When she uses the word "we" it gives people a sense of guilt. The message she is sending is that we are all equal, when one person or group does something we as humans are affected in one way or another.
Words are one of the most powerful and dangerous weapons humans can use. For example, Hitler was one of the most powerful writers and public speakers of his time. Often times, and like many writers, his words were deceiving. "As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice," this is a quote from Adolf Hitler. To a reader this sounds pretty good, like something you would side with. Little did people know his idea of truth and justice were horribly twisted.
The Bible is another example of writing that has changed society. One book has caused and innumerable amount of change in the world for a very long time. It is a piece of writ ting that people may choose to live their lives by. Some people may read it and act out against it or branch off to make their own religions. Many of our worlds religions are a result of people migrating away from the Catholic Church because of things they may disagree with. Some may read the bible and take it completely literally causing them to act radical and possibly cause harm. Some say that it is because of the bible that we have Satanists ,and because of Satanist we have cultural figures and visuals, along with many other things. Every "rebellious" suburban kid who shops at Hot Topic has a shirt with a pentagram on it to scare their folks. Scared parents are extremal motivated, they love dictating what is right and wrong and they are mostly the religious type. Because of people like Tipper Gore we have things like the FCC. Because of what the Bible and other religious writing we have huge political debates over things like abortion and gay rights.
Writing can change society for better or worse in many ways. If someone does not agree with the cause you are writing for it is going to inspire them in someway to do something. Perhaps act against your writing, think in an entirely different spectrum, even causing people to do nothing at all and have no feelings what so ever is a legitimate reaction. obviously if this is a common reaction it may cause you to change what you are writing. When used the right way writing can do amazing things. Something as simple as a song lyric can cause people to do things and feel ways they may have never imagined.