Been saying this for years. This country has been sick long before any of us were even born. The US has sorely needed a cultural revolution but the powers that be have done everything they can, from how they design our cities and infrastructure to our individualist culture they push in our media to the very fundamental structure of our government and economics which they control, to frustrate and obstruct the formation of close communities which can resist their authority while simultaneously extracting every iota of wealth from us.
The biggest road block is too few are willing to take risks to protect others but that is exactly what is needed: a mass of people joined together for the sole purpose of risking themselves for the sake of those who are being rendered powerless. It requires us to fundamentally change the way we think about the world around us.
The most common rebuttal is always “but I have a family and responsibilities! I can’t put myself at risk!” Yea, well, so do the people who need our help. We all have those things, that’s why we all need to protect each other, so that we can all protect those we care about together. People need to abandon this myopic individualism and start thinking from a communal perspective.
It’s like, everyone knows the poem “First they came for…” But no one seems to have understood the message.
Been saying this for years. This country has been sick long before any of us were even born. The US has sorely needed a cultural revolution but the powers that be have done everything they can, from how they design our cities and infrastructure to our individualist culture they push in our media to the very fundamental structure of our government and economics which they control, to frustrate and obstruct the formation of close communities which can resist their authority while simultaneously extracting every iota of wealth from us.
The biggest road block is too few are willing to take risks to protect others but that is exactly what is needed: a mass of people joined together for the sole purpose of risking themselves for the sake of those who are being rendered powerless. It requires us to fundamentally change the way we think about the world around us.
The most common rebuttal is always “but I have a family and responsibilities! I can’t put myself at risk!” Yea, well, so do the people who need our help. We all have those things, that’s why we all need to protect each other, so that we can all protect those we care about together. People need to abandon this myopic individualism and start thinking from a communal perspective.
It’s like, everyone knows the poem “First they came for…” But no one seems to have understood the message.