Watchingthetreetops
*~Rude intolerance here~*
I think this is important, no matter who or how old you are. I don't generally watch television, but the unfortunate truth is that since my country is electing a new leader I find it necessary to pay a bit more attention to it then usual. I often regard my television as an incompetent news box that, between commercials I care very little about, will sometimes offer me some sort of escape from my current reality.
*ahem* Now, the election is a joke. Most Americans are aware that our votes don't...quite.../do/ anything. Based off of speculation and leaked documents, there is a select group that actually determines who will win the title of 'president' and they work very hard to keep themselves a secret, but with the rise of the internet have become known to a few who wander around the darker corners of the internet. All of it, ALL OF IT, seems pointless. It feels like you're going to fight a titan should you go against a great corporation to try and defend yourself, let alone trying to vote for a man who was bought by a corporation to run for leader of the 'free world' decades ago, (and most of the presidential candidates are in that situation). But there is hope.
Hope cannot be killed. This is important to remember. Hope lives within you, it beats in your veins, and one day these titans will fall. It's inevitable. We reached the rise of our civilization and we are nearing its fall, if not actually watching it crumble. One candidate was quoted as saying: 'Americans should work longer hours.' That's the twenty first century equivalent of saying: 'Let them eat cake.' For those of you who don't know what that last quote means, it was what Marie Antoinette said when the french complained about only being able to eat bread, as they were too poor because of the taxes put in place by the rulers at the time....well over two hundred years ago. We have LESS then they did. We are not slaves. We were not born to fail, we were born into a system that sets us up for failure, unless you have an acute understanding of every last string of not only the government or stupid amounts of money. But...and this is what's important...you must hope. Even if you're on your deathbed and everything around you is burning. You MUST HOPE. They cannot kill that. They cannot take that. And should you stand against police or anyone trying to oppress you, even if they kill you they will not take away what you stood for, and that is what will cause the fall of America. America is headed for civil war. I see it. I see it in the faces of black and white and asian and mexican and all of the people who are oppressed because we are brought up under the thumb of the government. People are already dying attempting to stand up for themselves, and I believe it will be very soon that most people will be put in similar situations. But it's the fear of death and the unknown that allows us to be controlled. Do not waver because you are afraid; stand because you are full of hope. Hope that if you do or plan to have children, you can give them a better future then our parents left us.
I needed to say this, to someone. This is really important to me and because there are a lot of young people here, I don't know how many will understand. As someone who is of a native american descent, this...this is important to me. I'm done. I'm sorry...I'm done.
*ahem* Now, the election is a joke. Most Americans are aware that our votes don't...quite.../do/ anything. Based off of speculation and leaked documents, there is a select group that actually determines who will win the title of 'president' and they work very hard to keep themselves a secret, but with the rise of the internet have become known to a few who wander around the darker corners of the internet. All of it, ALL OF IT, seems pointless. It feels like you're going to fight a titan should you go against a great corporation to try and defend yourself, let alone trying to vote for a man who was bought by a corporation to run for leader of the 'free world' decades ago, (and most of the presidential candidates are in that situation). But there is hope.
Hope cannot be killed. This is important to remember. Hope lives within you, it beats in your veins, and one day these titans will fall. It's inevitable. We reached the rise of our civilization and we are nearing its fall, if not actually watching it crumble. One candidate was quoted as saying: 'Americans should work longer hours.' That's the twenty first century equivalent of saying: 'Let them eat cake.' For those of you who don't know what that last quote means, it was what Marie Antoinette said when the french complained about only being able to eat bread, as they were too poor because of the taxes put in place by the rulers at the time....well over two hundred years ago. We have LESS then they did. We are not slaves. We were not born to fail, we were born into a system that sets us up for failure, unless you have an acute understanding of every last string of not only the government or stupid amounts of money. But...and this is what's important...you must hope. Even if you're on your deathbed and everything around you is burning. You MUST HOPE. They cannot kill that. They cannot take that. And should you stand against police or anyone trying to oppress you, even if they kill you they will not take away what you stood for, and that is what will cause the fall of America. America is headed for civil war. I see it. I see it in the faces of black and white and asian and mexican and all of the people who are oppressed because we are brought up under the thumb of the government. People are already dying attempting to stand up for themselves, and I believe it will be very soon that most people will be put in similar situations. But it's the fear of death and the unknown that allows us to be controlled. Do not waver because you are afraid; stand because you are full of hope. Hope that if you do or plan to have children, you can give them a better future then our parents left us.
I needed to say this, to someone. This is really important to me and because there are a lot of young people here, I don't know how many will understand. As someone who is of a native american descent, this...this is important to me. I'm done. I'm sorry...I'm done.
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