why aren’t we pissed off at the state of the world like we should be
seriously
the doomsday clock ticks closer to the point of no return
the oceans are warming and clogged with plastics and poisons
the ozone still isn’t repaired
animals birds plants and insects go extinct at a rate of one hundred and fifty to two hundred every twenty four hours
a day
climate change
super storms
and all the people in power worry about is staying in power and drilling for oil
sexism, racism, misogyny, bigotry, harassment, injustice
kids are starving
and what do we do
nothing
eat a bowl of cereal and watch the whole thing crumble
why aren’t we more pissed off at the state of things
we let them put their boots to our throats
why don’t we rise up against them
the global economical powers that be
why don’t we take them down
because we accept this status quo
i don’t know
can you tell me
why doesn’t flint have clean drinking water
why do we allow for profit prisons
why does one percent control ninety nine percent of the wealth
why is processed food so affordable
but healthy alternatives cost the arm and the leg that diabetes will likely consume instead
why do we teach opinion and bury the facts
erase the ugly things from history books
why aren’t we more pissed off at this sad state of affairs
why do we roll over and give them our bellies
we accept business as usual as change
and eat every lie that they feed us
corporations have more rights than people and hide ill gotten gains over seas
then complain about paying a liveable wage as the president buys a new island
stock holders don’t care about working conditions they just want their own private jet
pharmaceutical companies make all the cures and supply a new set of symptoms
then make new pill for the symptoms they caused and the cycle repeats until they kill us
why aren’t we rabid and kicking down doors
how did we get too busy to vote
why aren’t we more pissed off at them and at this situation
i don’t know
maybe we are just sheep obeying the shepherds that lead the flock to destruction
maybe we’re weak from vitamin deficiencies from eating the shit that they serve us
it’s time to get mad
all of us
all around this soon to be dead planet
to act out, to rise up, before they strangle us with their contaminants
it’s not right
it’s not fair
but we act like it is someone else’s problem
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Exactly. Spinach for president!
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this is an every day lament for me as well. i try to live my life by example and often have to keep myself from quitting my lifestyle of inconvenience for a lack of enthusiasm. i know the world can be different…but i don’t believe people are ready to “sacrifice” in order to make that happen…but i still have hope, despite myself. ❤
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every one should rise up. I hope the voters turn out and try to make the changes we need.
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we need a serious revolution. a paradigm shift. i suspect it will only happen when there is no other choice.
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How are we not there? A psychopath in the White House. A man who thinks god speaks to him next in line. A rapist on the supreme court (2, didn’t forget you Clarence.) a huge deficit thanks to corporate tax cuts they want to pay for by taking social security and Medicare. We are screwed and it just keeps getting worse.
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we have been systematically de-sensitized and now it is down to those of us with super human sensitivity to say, “wait–this doesn’t make sense.” & then hope someone listens.
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I’m running out of hope
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i’m terminally hopeful.
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well another reason i’m grateful our paths have crossed
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❤
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I really appreciate everything you said in this post. If more people questioned things then people would wake up and see that the way it is isn’t how it has to be.
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but no one questions anything. They let the news that confirms their thoughts tell them everything. They choose a side and blindly repeat falsehoods and attack instead of listening. It is a sad state of affairs. Thought is weakness, blindly obeying is the flavor of the day.
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I think the problem is most people simply don’t see the issues or the solutions. I know I have always questioned everything but the majority of people I grew up with didn’t think about the things I did. At times I want to get mad at the world for being so stupid but then I have to remind myself I got broken down early in life and if my path had been easy I wouldn’t know nor care about the things that are so important to me.
The best thing to do is share the truth like you did then others will start to understand.
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here to hoping
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