To the American people and anyone wishing to read,
They teach us in school, as we are growing up, telling children, that our histories of people going against their government, and that rebellion and anarchy are just ways of the past. That in the past is how we've gotten to this world today, now able to “live in this luxury” of the 21st century, having the convenience of it all, just to grow up now and see the reality.
To blend in with societies ignorance and choose to just follow the pack. To remain distracted by this or that celebrity, and see what extravagant vacations they went on and the lives they're leading. To watch the movies that big Hollywood actors and actresses make, with all the amazing and life fulfilling moments, stories, and lives, to just be an average adult.
To have to start contributing to fulfill a power-driven ego boss or government, who doesn't feel they should have to work for all that they have or feel the need or responsibility to take care of humanity with the power and wealth they are provided. No matter how few things you have, the working day by day average American like me, has to say I succeeded. If you are breathing and working, you are a success to the product of your environment, even if you are late on bills or can’t afford food, you are doing what they intended.
But we need to just wake up and realize that the history is not gone. If we don't learn from them, then what good was having to sit around and listen to this stuff? To just conform? To become a little working bee in corporate America, and look the other way when bad things are happening. We have all done this up to a certain point. But trying to take away our constitutional rights, what this country was based on, seems beyond what we were taught. To have our own freedom, just slowly slip away from our grasp. To no longer be able to live freely to provide our own way of social endeavors and exchanges between other humans.
It wasn't meant to be perfect, but it gave people their free will to do as you please, to live as you please, and to spend your time and your money doing what you enjoyed most in life. No restrictions, no boundaries. I don’t believe our founding fathers were encouraging people to be even more corrupt or controlling with time, as these men were probably the most intelligent, literate, and richest people around at their time in our newly created country. Regardless of their actions, the intent for good cause and good reason I believe was there. Men who decided that the British government was taking away their freedoms and restricting their lives. And so fought for it because they wanted to believe in something better!
So as with time, things changed, as they always tend to do throughout all our lives. But this! This is our right and what the entire country is based on! This is what our constitution based this country on! I do not agree with the whole ‘world police’ act, when we need a lot of help that our military could provide here in the United States of America. The leaders of this country, the monopoly corporations, the selfish investors hoarding all the wealth into politics for their own gain; all of this all needs to be invested into something better for the economy and more affordable for humanities rapid way of living, there ARE other possibilities. They need to stop invading other countries for their assets and claiming they started a war. War has been constant to simply feed the motivates of the extremely rich running the world and no one knows or sees or cares about any of this because they want to watch the new Kardashians or Miley kissing Katy Perry and we remain ignorant because it's easier, more convenient.
This is when I've had enough and everyone needs to open their eyes and stand up for what our basic human rights for being alive should be. Whether you are American or not, this is everyone's right. We should not be struggling to eat and live. Your change needs to be to fix capitalism, the ones with the wealth who pay for the extravagant lifestyle of corruption that the average American can only dream of. We can begin in the betterment of humanity by taking action to FULFILL YOUR AMERICAN GIVEN RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY!!
I wrote this 10 years ago and recently came across it. It is crazy to think how much more prominent and influenced this mindset has gained over the years and this community really makes me have a pride in our world to see the small changes happening to work towards a better future for all and I just wanted to share to keep the hopes and perseverance up.