Reply #94: I think you might have misinterpreted what I said. [View All]

[Sirveri]

When I said mobilization, I was talking about the marches and the sit in's. As for civil disobedience, I'm simply raising the question of what that really means. Is it really being disobedient if you're taking out a permit and walking silently with candles at night? Is it disobedient if you're not getting arrested, stomped, or shot at? I'm either one of the oldest members of the lost generation of the youngest of the gen X'ers. If people want to know why we're not doing anything it's probably because we don't think it will do any good. Oh look, an unemployed burnout with depression issues killed himself, I'd be lucky to get an entry in the local newspaper, and if I did that's all it would say.

So I light myself on fire. That might work in Tunisia, but here all that will happen is for the masses to laugh at me and insult me, if I get any coverage at all. Part of that is the media, and the corprotacracy, but the other is the society itself. Or perhaps it's better to say lack of society. Why are the white kids in the suburbs so angry? They don't know why either. Perhaps it's because we're social animals yet we've been sold that everyone should go it alone, be a cowboy, a rugged individualist, pull themselves up by their boot straps, that one person can make a difference. None of that is true, one person can't make a difference unless he reaches others, yet we constantly strive to isolate ourselves. Work from home so we can insulate ourselves in a bubble. Home school out of fear that our children might learn something we don't like. Don't take the bus, it's full of dirty unwashed people, instead you should drive yourself alone miles upon miles. Don't rely on the Chinese laundry, buy yourself a washer because then you can stay home and do laundry at 1AM in the nude. Be as loud as you want, screw your neighbors there is no need to respect them. Ask what society can do for you, and if they don't like it screw them. Hate the teabaggers, hate the liberals, hate your neighbor, hate the rich, hate the poor, hate the immigrant.

What good is my sacrifice if it causes no change, if it is disrespected and spat on, if no one notices and no one cares. Everyone too afraid to take the first step, and those that do, well they might get lucky and get a clip on the daily show for those who still have a job to giggle at before they go to bed for the night. Is the society we have really worth fighting for?