I think my generation will have a revolution in the next couple years. We will overthrow this rotten system and install something more humane. Our generation isnt dumb. The fact that our brothers and sisters are dying in iraq every day isnt lost on them. Nor is the fact our world is being polluted and murdered by people who could care less. Recent news reports show that those fall leaves, those colorful leaves we all love, will no longer turn colors as a result of global warming in a few years. Their isnt one woman who doesnt have tainted breast milk. Their isnt one stream, pond, lake, or ocean that isnt polluted. Over 30 countries in the next few years will have the capabilities for nuclear weapons. And the BBC reports that by 2050 ALL FISH will be extinct. You read that right. Youngsters today, 2, 3 years old will be alive at a time when their are no fish. The question remains what the hell will we do about it. Our parents tried, protested and rebelled. We seem more apathetic, but I still dont imagine our generation just standing by and watching it all turn to hell. We have to do something. I plan on being their on the revolution day, when our troops come home, I will hug them, and tell them I am sorry for sending them to war. The soldiers will lay down their weapons, and pick up plows, hoes, and other such items, and begin tearing up concrete. Begin to grow our own food, and grow community gardens. We all will begin to listen to the earth, and ask what it wants, instead of taking and not listening. We will listen to the salmon. We will tear down all dams. Heres what Uncle Neil says about all this: The environment is becoming a much bigger issue for today's young people than anyone thought it would be, and they're banding together much like we did in the '60s. The conditions in the world today -- the war, the rise of conservatism, the corporate monopolies, the way media has made everything about the surface impression rather than the issues underneath -- are a breeding ground for an underground the likes of which we haven't seen since Nixon was in power." Are you hopeful for the generation that's coming through, say, between the ages of fifteen and thirty? Neil Young: I have a lot of hope for them. I really do. I think as the environment and the governments around the world, the way they treat the environment, becomes more of an issue to these kids and they see that they're inheriting the fruits of these policies that are so based in the present, I think that the kids are going to rise up and we're going to be able to count on them to make a change. Interviewer: Rise up in terms of rebellion, or maybe just replacing the leaders that are there now? Neil Young: It can be whatever it has to be. You can call it rebellion or revolution or change or whatever. It doesn't matter what form it takes. Hopefully it's not violent, but nonetheless it has to happen. It's the way the world works; it's the way things work. So I think they're due. They're due. They've got a lot to think about. These world trade organisation meetings and things like that that you see around the world - wherever they are these people are showing up. That's the outer fringe. There's a lot of people who are starting to figure out what's going on with these world manipulations of markets and food and all kinds of stuff and killing the environment off with not really much of a future plan. I think kids going to college today are learning this. They're intelligent; they've got the media, they've got the internet, they've got ways of getting together they never had before. They've got all kinds of people and eventually there's going to be some superheroes come out of there that are going to start movements. It's gonna happen."
The revolution will not happen as long as people are kept in their comfort zone. Let there be something that forces people to engage in the system and it will bring about revolution. It's very conceivable that the next administration will have a responsibility to implement an exit strategy from Iraq. If, in order to fulfill this, they believe that an increase in troops is necessary, and volunteer recruitment continues to fall short of goals, they may enact a draft to meet troop number requirements. At that point, game controllers will be put down and young men as well as their families will enlist themselves in the revolution. Don't look for much large scale change until people are forced into it however.
no, but it is lazy. I really enjoyed reading your post. There's a commune in North Carolina called Zendik farms that have a campaign called "Stop bitching, start a revolution" that I dig. The thing is, how many of us non-violent people would be willing to take up weapons and kill people over something we believe. is it even the right thing to do? On one hand, I don't think I would hesitate to shoot a government soldier that was trying to quell our rebellion, but on the other hand, how strongly do I believe in my own ideals? That killing is not right. That there are peaceful resolutions to every problem. That in the cosmic view of things, another american revolution means absolutely nothing. That karma does not care why you killed someone, but that you killed someone. lots of questions, lots of rhetoric. good thing it's just a supposition, this whole revolution thing, cause I still haven't answered enough of those questions. one thing i do know, we need Zach DeLaroche.
I'm not a big believer in violent revolutions. Yeah we had one an all from England but Canada and Australia and New Zealand to name just three didn't and they seem to have ended up OK. Time is the real revolutionary. Pushing anything violently is a big mistake in my book.
I Totally Agree with what you and Neil are saying. There Really is no other choice for us now, we've wated too long. Its either go along with what they are telling us to do, and eventually end up killing ourselves and the only home that we have, Earth. Or, we could rise up and defeat this enemy called the establishment, and make the world safe for everyone again, While truly saying "We are free" We really haven't been "Free" Like the constitution states since WW2. It would be so cool do do what we want, when we want, With only one rule: As long as you don't hurt anyone else. I also agree tht killing someone is wrong, but what they are doing is FAR worse that killing one Human Being, they are killing all of us (Slowly, but surley) and preventing the other spieces on this earth from living here. WE ARNT THE ONLY SPIECES ON THIS PLANET!!!!! I think The ONLY way to do something about this is to have an uprising. If we are going to make a change, it has to be HUGE, or we might as well not even bother. PEACE!
There will not be a revolution. You can dream, but there will not be one. The system is too well structured, it benefits too many people. People live in their lazy comfort and are too blinded by religion, media, and materialism to see the bigger picture.
Like man, because it's all about the positive vibes... like groooovy and shit. It's not negativity, it's realism. I am sure a lot of people would like to see a revolution, yet they are not blind and they know that it is not going to come any time soon.
Oh my lord....I have been screaming that for years!!! Zack de la Rocha was the last hope of this generation before he dropped out....I cant blame him, but that's who we need... I have been convinced for some time now that we are ripe for revolution...not so much as a physical one, but a cultural one. Even people in my parents generation feels that a change is needed...its like hanging in the air...the proverbial elephant in the room, so to speak. We all know change has to happen, but who's going to take the first step? I want to, but I dont quite know how.
