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^^^ The November march attracted 5,000 people. Here's my two cents on apathy vs. protest...
Lord knows we don't want every fuckwit with a Jiffy Marker and a 2'X2' piece of construction paper determining national policy, but we must also recognize how popular movements become the will of the people, and by extension, the will of the government, while unpopular movements are swept under the rug of antiquity. This is the foundation of revolution, and it is the foundation of McDonald's Healthy Choice Menu. Regardless of what type of movement we discuss, I think we must admit that society is in flux. There is no status quo in the history of mankind. There will always be people trying to preserve the ways of an era, and there will always be people trying to change those ways. People will always be forced to pick a side.
Right now the land-owner model (ie. SUV Driving, Flat Screen TV Owning, parochial american dreaming) we are witness to is being challenged by a popular movement. The new consciousness that many call for isn't some kind of anathaema to all of life's challenges. It's simply a natural response that a society will make in this ongoing cycle of order vs. revolution. The people are fed up with the great inequities in daily life c.2002. They are fed up with vast gaps in social classes. They are fed up with socio-racial intolerance. And most importantly in the context of a media revolution, the people are fed up with ignorance. And so the revolutionary ball bounces.
And this is what I'm getting at here. I don't think we are all so powerful that we can dictate global policy from the streets. I think that our actions in protest allow us to be a living part of the inevitable change process. By being actively involved in these movements we prove that we are travelling down the y-axis of life, dancing in tune to the natural rhythym of the universe.
In contrast, those that fail to recognize this rhythym are kinda missing the party, but that's OK, that's what guillotines are for.
SPK
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Jan 14, 03
