| Rhino22 |
01-27-2004 11:35 PM |
Suckerpunch Training...(political)
No one seems to believe in anything anymore. Everything has been tried they say, and everything has failed, there's nothing anyone can do. People who try are mocked by the so called liberal media who call protestors "dirty" and "freakish". Yeah life sucks for some people, even most people. But there you have it: life deals you a hand and you play it. I renounce this attitude. We live in a country that is envied and idolized around the world. We live in America, the United freakin' States of America. The country of John Wayne, Monster Truck Rallies, the home of the brave and the haven of the wealthy. We're <b>fuckin</b> #1. In crime. In drug addiction. In education? No, not #1, more like - what? - #23 or something? Our fellow citizens are taxed heavily, but in return receive no health insurance, heavy welfare reform, no free pre-school in the country, and crumbling schools. And the fucked up thing, I mean the really fucked up thing is that the world can't wait to be just like us. Walmart? Step right up! Starbucks? Please take anything you want. Europe and the rest of the world is dying to trade it's culture and heritage for what? The ability to get nachoes at 4 in the morning? Who gives a fuck?! The world's governments are practically lying down and begging us to have our way with them. Destroy our land! Who cares? Pollute our drinking water! Please? Enslave our populous earning pennies making clothing for fuckin' yuppies, please?
Democracy cannot truly exist in the capitalist system. The only way the candidate could get to the point where he could truly influence the world around him is to get so in debt to corporate interests that he's pretty much a puppet on a hahahahahahahaha A soulless marionette dancing to the rhythyms of industry and corruption. Now democracy in-and-of-itself is a good thing. Of course we're not against pure democracy. Take this band for example. An issue comes up, we discuss it, and then we vote on it. And it usually works out for the best. So, in this example it works. But - and stay with me on this - if an oil company lobbyist wanted us to sing about how awesome all terrain vehicles are, and took Chad and Josh out for dinner, and bought them new guitars and promised Rob a significant donation to help his re-election campaign, then the democracy is no longer pure, and we ourselves become compromised and end up singing a new version of "Vehicle".
<i>Wheels don't crush me, I drive a Hummer.</i>
In America you have the right to protest. As long as the protest is done within whatever confines the ruling class deems neccessary. Here's where you protest, in this little red square, and no one's gonna listen to you. It is really like being lead to a soundproof room and being told "Okay, here you go, say anything you want, here's your freedom of speech." Protestors have got to find a way to combat this, to literally force the world to listen to what we have to say. I'm not totally sure that we've done that yet, but I know we will.
People ask me : "If you hate America so much, can you think of any countries that are actually better?" And I answer them "Sure, maybe I can't think of any countries that have quite the assortment and plethora of bombs that we have. But I can think of plenty of governments that actually realize in some small way or the other that maybe just one small aspect and function of government is to take its citizens seriously. Well at least they have universal healthcare. Something the US refuses to even investigate. Blah!
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