I say I want a Revolution
Subversive, transgressive, and liberal
Democracy requires us to act these ways.
Why is our government and society so severly fucked?
Truthfully, it will always be this way. Human beings will never attain perfection. Consequently, we will always be required to stand up for it, to demand that we reach as close as is possible to goodness, which is, of course, a neverending pursuit.
The present problem is that we aren't revolting. We are too complacent; critical and disatisfied, but complacent nonetheless. Fed by television, talbloids, pharmaceuticals, fast food, gasoline, and all that this modern world of simulacra affords.
Those who aren't medicated with plentitude often take the extreme cynic's approach, believing that all is useless, that our revolutions are insufficient, idealists to the point that they become apathists.
I am satiated. I am longing for growth, change, challenge, inspiration, heartache, and the whole range of human emotions that emerge from actual human creation and collaboration.
I know I am not the only one. I know the world still has a few chances. I know there are people waiting to find their place, those who are grieving the loss of passion in this world, people who are unimpressed by the veils of lies and unfed by the troughs of capitalist propaganda. There still are humans with minds of their own.
We will find one another in this lifetime, and together we will work for the dreams we may never see fulfilled, for the changes we will plant the seeds of, for the revolutions we will begin. Our destinies will occur, and we will "be the changes [we] see." That is always the first and last step.
Onward.... We must begin the journey.
Democracy requires us to act these ways.
Why is our government and society so severly fucked?
Truthfully, it will always be this way. Human beings will never attain perfection. Consequently, we will always be required to stand up for it, to demand that we reach as close as is possible to goodness, which is, of course, a neverending pursuit.
The present problem is that we aren't revolting. We are too complacent; critical and disatisfied, but complacent nonetheless. Fed by television, talbloids, pharmaceuticals, fast food, gasoline, and all that this modern world of simulacra affords.
Those who aren't medicated with plentitude often take the extreme cynic's approach, believing that all is useless, that our revolutions are insufficient, idealists to the point that they become apathists.
I am satiated. I am longing for growth, change, challenge, inspiration, heartache, and the whole range of human emotions that emerge from actual human creation and collaboration.
I know I am not the only one. I know the world still has a few chances. I know there are people waiting to find their place, those who are grieving the loss of passion in this world, people who are unimpressed by the veils of lies and unfed by the troughs of capitalist propaganda. There still are humans with minds of their own.
We will find one another in this lifetime, and together we will work for the dreams we may never see fulfilled, for the changes we will plant the seeds of, for the revolutions we will begin. Our destinies will occur, and we will "be the changes [we] see." That is always the first and last step.
Onward.... We must begin the journey.
posted by Breeme at 11:26 AM
2 Comments:
see, i don't disagree.
but this posting reminded me a lot of ayn rand's 'atlas shrugged'
i won't get into much of the plot,, the part of your posting which stood out the most is how 'we will find each other in this world and work for our dreams etc.'
in atlas, those who actually refuted the multitudes of bullshit were the ones fed on by the rest of humanity. having enough of the unjust feast, these leaders formed their own community in a well hidden part of the world, while the rest of humanity was left to their own (destructive) devices. what if atlas shrugged?
this was my impression, anyway, though memory fails sometimes....
atlas (according to NYtimes) is the 2nd most influential book next to the bible, in our country at least.
but have those societal minorities left and gone to their own paradise and left false role models to reign over the shit?
or have they become those leaders who feed on the rest of humanity?
i gotta stop, rambling.
you sounded like ayn rand. whooah.
pretty cool that I sound like someone famous whom, coincidentally, I haven't even read. I have read Anthem, but never Atlas Shrugged. There are too many books I need to read.
And no, I don't think these societal minorities have completely created their own paradises, though I do want to live somewhere like Asheville where such communities are in greater abundance. The real challenge is to work towards buildings these communities in places like E.C. Who else is gonna do it? There are some people here who I think might get involved. Revolutions can happen anywhere. This place definitely needs one.
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