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There is a real force associated with the electron. This little guy has a "force field" standing around it at all times. All day, every day. It cannot be made to go away. This field of force has been given the name "electric" and it is an electric (force) field. We also give the designator "negative" to that field to identify its polarity. That's because the force field has "direction" associated with it. In sum, the electron has this field around it because it cannot "not" have it. The negative electric field of the electron is an intrinsic quality that cannot be separated from it. When an electron comes into existence, it appears with its negative charge, and that's what make it negative.

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