You Want a Revolution ?

trywalkingbarefoot · Nov 3, 2011

RooRshack said:

Tell them to grow some balls.

You couldn't ask for a more exciting time to be alive. And yes, all through history you can go "those guys had such fulfilling lives compared to me!", but on average, you're much more likely to be fulfilled today, or to be able to make the conscious decision to be, than EVER before.

Not to mention the excitement of participating in reckoning the future. Each and every person is important in determining it, except for those worthless assholes who tell you that their vote doesn't count and the man controls it all anyway. Yeah, the man does, cause you're an apathetic fuck who's great at complaining but can't even hold a fucking sign or some shit.

Yeah, a few guys control it all, from your civil rights to your money. Because you let them, and because of this stupid fucking self fulfilling prophecy of like two guys controlling millions.

Standing up doesn't mean killing people, or rioting, or anything. All you have to do is say fuck this, it's wrong and we won't take it. And then more people say that. And more. It's all you've got to do, and realistically, all that can be done, because you can't build something newer and better with violent or other old means. If the cause is just go tell people about it and make them understand, and understand that they too need to tell people.

Also, the 60's where very violent, the hippies just lived under a peaceful rock while everything went to shit around them, aside from a few. Demonstrations helped end the vietnam war..... And you think that was peaceful? Dozens of people shot accross various demonstrations..... organizations like the weather underground (certified badasses, in my book) blowing shit up..... in other "civilized" countries, organizations like the IRA blowing shit up..... Shortly after, afghanistan.... the entire time, with the whole world sitting under a cloud of danger, with nuclear holocaust the press of a button away, one temper tantrum for one of the many spoiled babies wielding all that power. Yeah, shit's fucked now, and it was fucked then, it's just different. Different rights are gone, and different ones exist. Some things are more official, but back in the day you wouldn't have gone to guantanamo, you would have been beaten to a pulp in the police station basement and buried out back of the chief's house.

So explain to your friends that the grass is not greener on the other side, in fact there is no grass because time only goes one way, and wishing you lived in the past is a waste of the time you do have. If they care so much about peace, they better fucking be doing what the people they idolized would do and go occupy, farm, build, fix things, improve things, convince people, spread peace and love, instead of bitching like the children that they are.

That's my rather non-peaceful take on the whole thing :2thumbsup:
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WOW!! I wish you could know how truly thankful I am for your answer. It really changed my perspective on things, you made such valid points! Instead of idolizing people of the past, I should learn from them and try to live peacefully and loving within the circumstances I am in. This was relaly a slap in the face, but I needed it, I needed to wake up. Thank you !

trywalkingbarefoot · Nov 3, 2011

Thank you all for your lovely take on things and humor : )

I'minmyunderwear · Nov 3, 2011

hotwater said:

Tell that to Nathan Hale, Capt. Howe, George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, etc…..

Hotwater
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i think they all grew out of their "alive" stage.

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