On my campus, I have read tons of article in the student paper and student magazine about activism and questioning whether or not activism is dead. When I ask people in my family, they just look at me with empty eyes. When I ask people outside of my college community, they reply with a cynicism I recall described by Robert Reich on his FB page.
In all, what I hear is: (1) we're trying and we need more people, (2) I don't know anything about that, and (3) there's not use trying. I add one more category to what Reich has because there are many who just have no idea what is going on and who have no clue that there is a problem and it's the reason they fell oppressed day in and day out.
On his Facebook page, Reich asks his audience which category they place themselves in. Naively, I was surprised to see so many write "cynical" (that would be number 3 in my categories). Why? Maybe I am more naïve that I thought and maybe I have no clue what is going on. So many of us in the country agree that the government more and more let's go of our well being, feeds us lies and drowns us into a deeper hole, economically, socially and morally. So, our answer is there's nothing we can do about it?
My answer is: There is power in numbers. I watched the documentary Ethos on Netflix a couple of days ago. Woody Harrelson narrated and at the end he gave the key to our power. Consumerism. We are consumers and we control capitalism. When we said we didn't want trans fat and GMOs in our food, we stopped buying the products and they had to make a change.
In all, what I hear is: (1) we're trying and we need more people, (2) I don't know anything about that, and (3) there's not use trying. I add one more category to what Reich has because there are many who just have no idea what is going on and who have no clue that there is a problem and it's the reason they fell oppressed day in and day out.
On his Facebook page, Reich asks his audience which category they place themselves in. Naively, I was surprised to see so many write "cynical" (that would be number 3 in my categories). Why? Maybe I am more naïve that I thought and maybe I have no clue what is going on. So many of us in the country agree that the government more and more let's go of our well being, feeds us lies and drowns us into a deeper hole, economically, socially and morally. So, our answer is there's nothing we can do about it?
My answer is: There is power in numbers. I watched the documentary Ethos on Netflix a couple of days ago. Woody Harrelson narrated and at the end he gave the key to our power. Consumerism. We are consumers and we control capitalism. When we said we didn't want trans fat and GMOs in our food, we stopped buying the products and they had to make a change.
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