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To speak with your own voice
16 years ago
Dear Americans (Sorry rest of the world, I live in the United States and have a far, far more advanced knowledge of the current affairs here): Do yourselves a favor and quit letting political blowhards speak for you!
It's recently come to my attention that we, as a nation of people, are perfectly content with our ideologies being force fed to us by "reliable" sources. That's a severe problem in this wonderful country. Everyday I talk with people from all sides of the political spectrum that basically regurgitate the bullshit that they heard from their Michael Moores, Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks. It scares me to think that we are unwilling to think for ourselves and will automatically latch onto the philosophies of another simply because they have LIKE beliefs.
While those voices on the air waves will talk about how they represent America and are the "voice" of America. They are certainly not. We live in a country where we have the freedom and right to choose who'll listen to our voices and make decisions and policies on that. The real "voice" of America is and always has been the people. And it's dawned on me that we've strayed from that path severely.
We need to re-learn that we are allowed to make our own decision and opinions on different things. That we don't have to simply settle for whatever we feel is, at best, mediocre. We need to remember that we all are unique and that we don't have to fit pre-determined molds simply because we are pressured to do so.
The elected officials are mostly busy playing party politics in a game that's determined by easily less than 1% of the population. That, in my opinion, is an absolute shame in a country where we are given the opportunity to choose our destiny.
I suppose there's a glaring flaw in my view. That not everyone is going to represented by whatever the majority votes for. But that's not what I'm getting at: I'm tired of people voting for people that they're told to and not for the people that they genuinely believe will make us a better country for one and all. We're pawns in this political game here and it's time to fucking put a stop to that.
I'm not supporting anarchy or anything like that. I'm saying that the system is flawed as it is and with a LITTLE effort, mainly coming up with our own views and opinions and, y'know, voting based on those opinions rather than what's fed to us by voices who are merely puppets to politicians that want only what's best for their microcosm.
I'm supporting individualism. I'm supporting our given right to vote for who we want and I'm supporting people who want to create their own voice. Not just that; I'm begging people to create their own voice. We're quickly losing our identity, allowing the very few to ultimately decide for us. Don't lose your voice, don't be afraid to buck party trends. Don't be a fucking idiot. Vote for a person based on your own research. Don't vote for someone just because others tell you to.
That is all; thank you.
It's recently come to my attention that we, as a nation of people, are perfectly content with our ideologies being force fed to us by "reliable" sources. That's a severe problem in this wonderful country. Everyday I talk with people from all sides of the political spectrum that basically regurgitate the bullshit that they heard from their Michael Moores, Rush Limbaughs and Glenn Becks. It scares me to think that we are unwilling to think for ourselves and will automatically latch onto the philosophies of another simply because they have LIKE beliefs.
While those voices on the air waves will talk about how they represent America and are the "voice" of America. They are certainly not. We live in a country where we have the freedom and right to choose who'll listen to our voices and make decisions and policies on that. The real "voice" of America is and always has been the people. And it's dawned on me that we've strayed from that path severely.
We need to re-learn that we are allowed to make our own decision and opinions on different things. That we don't have to simply settle for whatever we feel is, at best, mediocre. We need to remember that we all are unique and that we don't have to fit pre-determined molds simply because we are pressured to do so.
The elected officials are mostly busy playing party politics in a game that's determined by easily less than 1% of the population. That, in my opinion, is an absolute shame in a country where we are given the opportunity to choose our destiny.
I suppose there's a glaring flaw in my view. That not everyone is going to represented by whatever the majority votes for. But that's not what I'm getting at: I'm tired of people voting for people that they're told to and not for the people that they genuinely believe will make us a better country for one and all. We're pawns in this political game here and it's time to fucking put a stop to that.
I'm not supporting anarchy or anything like that. I'm saying that the system is flawed as it is and with a LITTLE effort, mainly coming up with our own views and opinions and, y'know, voting based on those opinions rather than what's fed to us by voices who are merely puppets to politicians that want only what's best for their microcosm.
I'm supporting individualism. I'm supporting our given right to vote for who we want and I'm supporting people who want to create their own voice. Not just that; I'm begging people to create their own voice. We're quickly losing our identity, allowing the very few to ultimately decide for us. Don't lose your voice, don't be afraid to buck party trends. Don't be a fucking idiot. Vote for a person based on your own research. Don't vote for someone just because others tell you to.
That is all; thank you.
1.) Everyone who agrees with you will likely already think this to begin with.
2.) People who have the problem you described are generally too inflexible to change so easily.