So I was talking to my neighbor who was telling me how we(my generation) had it so much easier and how we were screwing things up with all these gangs and babies having babies etcetera etcera...He proceeded to tell me how I should be a mayor or president or something so he could just kick back and collect checks.
I had to break it down to him that there was no way I was running for no office. And no i'm not voting for the green party or a socialist party either. Our problems are bigger than Pookie selling crack on the corner, or officer Bob beating down Tyrone. Until we realize the root cause of our problems are systematic, not just individuals making bad choices we gonna continue to try and put a band-aid on a bullet wound. A little welfare here, a little job corp there, a rally today, a boycott tomorrow is about as useful as a blind man at a wet t-shirt contest.
So how do we make real change? Well first we gotta know the difference between reform and revolution cuz the two aint the same. The two can't exist in the same place at the same time like a full fridge and a fat kid(yea i'm talking to you HD). Having black faces in high places aint gonna solve our problems. Voting sure aint gonna solve our problems. We can't work within the system to fix the system. Capitalism is just the modern day form of slavery. The basic relations still exist. Most of us aint capitalists(we aint got no capital), we the ones being capitalized on.
Revolution means realizing the million dollar "journalists" on CNN and BBC and in the N.Y. Times or Daily News aint really for you. They sitting pretty and playing they position. You don't see no real dissidents on their programs--no socialists, no communists. Freedom of speech really mean freedom to own the press and continue to spread the misinformation and deception and keep you ignorant. Revolution means realizing where your real interests lie and that this system gotta die. Revolution means realizing your enemy could come in just about any shape,color or creed. If you show you're useful, capitalism will use you.
Ready for the Revolution!!!
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It seems like you keep talking to the wrong people. I don't want any of your kickbacks when you become mayor or governor or president.
You are right on about what sorta problems we have. It's bigger than the corner hustle or the abuse that is rampant, but I definitely believe a blind judge has much more fun at a wet t-shirt contest. Think about about it...
We'll have this debate about revolution and reform forever because I never really feel that you fully define either. Nope black faces in high places will not solve problems, neither will voting or boycotts. Our problems are solved by people acting together towards a common goal and includes all of the above and then some.
I don't think that revolution is as simple as recognizing the machine. Lots of people have figured that out. The current situation is such that these voices are not present, but purposely excluding yourself from the medium does not make things better. If you don't like the press a movement can affect that.
Just a thought.
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