Why is it okay….?
So why is it okay for people to be misinformed? To bask in the bliss of their ignorance, willfully, purposefully, and maliciously? The truth’s not only out there, but it’s too inconvenient for anyone to want to give a fuck…(did you see what I did there with the whole truth thing? That’s right, I’m reclaiming it!)
Why is it okay for other people to perpetuate the misinformation? To misguide the masses, keeping the cloud thickly pulled over their eyes willfully, purposefully, maliciously? Their true intentions so dark and cruel that they feel they must mask them from the public…
Why is it okay to try and dumb-down the public and scare them into a distracted state? To employ tasteless tactics to steer the people blindly around any agendas you want to keep hidden? So they can easily dismiss everything that we have to say without giving us the respect and response we deserve…
Why is it okay to work aggressively under the radar to silence our voices? To oppressively build an intolerance for free access to information and speech, selling us on the notion that it’s all for the greater good? Weakening the foundations that comprise the basic structures of everything we’ve built…
Why is it okay for the people in power to be the perpe(traitors) of this disaster? To be the architects of this sad decline into a disgraceful and distasteful reflection of our former selves, and to do so without accountability? Surrendering our ability to remove this shroud of unenlightenment for us and doing it with a smile…
Why is it okay for all of this to be going on and people just allow the misinformation, the scare-tactics, the distractions, the silencing, the traitors, and the fall and not get worked up and mad as hell screaming incessantly for change?
Why is it okay to not care?
Why is it okay for people to suck…and if it’s not, then why the fuck aren’t we doing anything about it?
December 17th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
It’s not ok that all this stuff is happening, nor is it ok to ignore it, but people will. The society in America, and many western countries, since the industrial revolution has been one of “just ignore the problem so we can progress”. Of course they never tell what “progress” means exactly, but I digress. Ever since the times in which Bradbury was able to pull his inspiration (and Orwell of course) ignorance and apathy for peace/safety/what have you has been common place. This view point is than passed down to the children and any type of revolutionary thinking is effectively squashed and thus this makes a society that can ignore all the wrongs you stated here with little need for the justification of its ignorance.
Sorry for the long winded speech, just my two cents.
December 17th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
You make some great points! I wrote a poem called Progress (i think it’s on DA, not sure) speaking a time ago about losing nature to this idea of progress. I think it’s time for another volume….
Never apologize for being long winded…you’ve heard my podcasts and read my posts…I appreciate the wind blowing long. It shows passion!!