Something was bound to happen soon. There can only be so many years of stagnation. It makes some sense given the global climate we are coming into. Americans can only be so selfish for so long. This is going to be confusing if you can not shake the old image of hippie out of your mind. The reason it failed over 30 years ago was the lack of incorporating capitalism into the scene properly. When you want change you can not expect to change everyone. You just want to sway the majority to your side. Without the opposing side there is no way for your side to even exist.
There is no real freedom. Never has been. Even when your total free you are always facing the opposition that wants to control your behavior. That is the reason you “feel” free in the first place. When you opening buck the system you get attention and get people thinking. Their conclusion and who they side with is not the important part. It is the fact they are thinking that is important. Lead by example and that that risk. When the opposition confronts you then you need to dare them to look the other way. Hence my statement of lead by example. Anyone forcing there ideas on you is not genuine or rightious, they are afraid.
Your going to see communal activity is all matters of life. From work to the home. If you look hard enough you will see this happening already. Take myspace for example. As useless as the information most people post on there is its still communal. In fact its communal and individual at the same time. Its sharing, gathering, and exploration. You might think this is a bad example of things to come. Think again. Everything starts out poorly in its infantile state. A baby looks awkward when it first learns to walk. Yet they still getting from point A to B and with time it becomes as natural as breathing.
I have no idea how long America is going to be in denial about the fact that we are not the greatest country in the world anymore. When that time comes I think we will be a much more productive, positive, and humble as a country. After all what makes you get your ass off the sofa when you are spending that 3 hours in front of the TV. Its the urge to piss or eat maybe. Basically you get up out of necessity. So far America feels there is no necessity to be a better country. Why would we, we are number one, right? So our current behavior must be correct.
The obama campaign is correct in saying change. Problem is that everyone thinks Obama is going to bring that change. Thats typical America logic. ” We want change and THEY should give us that change. No we need change and WE are the ones that can make it happen. Its going to take some very dark times for people to understand this as a whole. Look at a drug addict. Look at what lengths they go to to get what they want. We are all drug addicts to the American way of life. So far our stash has not run dry. When the day come and there is no more “American way of life” to get high on then we will be that junkie doing whatever it takes for a fix. That is if we can get our asses off the sofa. I’m afraid the “high” might take a generation or two to fade into dope sickness. Even in a dope sick state you only have two choices. Get high again and return to that comfortable feeling or quit and start a sober life. If you continue to get high it will kill you. If you get sober its never as fun as getting high, but you will live to see another day. Getting sober takes courage. Our we really the home of the brave? We shall see.
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