A thread and message, from 21 year old Victor, in 2015. Pay attention to what is the same and what is worse:
I have an issue with being called âpoliticalâ when i speak of the world in a way that isnât typical.
I have an issue with being called âpoliticalâ when i speak of the world in a way that isnât typical.
Thereâs nothing political about being aware of your countryâs history, atrocities, and true intentions.
As a citizen I have a right to keep my government in check. Thatâs what Iâve been taught in school and have read in the Constitution.
As a citizen I have a right to keep my government in check. Thatâs what Iâve been taught in school and have read in the Constitution.
To live in a country that provides such an opportunity and ignore the millions of people who were killed or enslaved, the countries that have been invaded or occupied, or the structural violence that perpetuates struggle is simply disgusting.
Take into consideration the issues you already ignore and multiple them by ten. Thereâs far too much you donât know.
To call someone who is aware of the truth âpoliticalâ is trying to subdue important discussions that can lead to solutions.
To call someone who is aware of the truth âpoliticalâ is trying to subdue important discussions that can lead to solutions.
Staying willfully ignorant in this day and age is inexcusable. I take a proactive approach because I know there are reasons behind everything.
I just canât ignore the facts:
⢠The US gives billions in support to Israel while Detroit looks like a 3rd world country
⢠Politicians receive more money from lobbying than their payroll
⢠Veterans come home to find they canât afford medication or even see a doctor
⢠The US gives billions in support to Israel while Detroit looks like a 3rd world country
⢠Politicians receive more money from lobbying than their payroll
⢠Veterans come home to find they canât afford medication or even see a doctor
⢠More money has been wasted on a failed fighter jet than weâve ever put into education, infrastructure, or social programs
⢠180+ countries have US military bases
⢠180+ countries have US military bases
⢠The poor are blamed as a financial strain while companies destroying our only planet receive corporate welfare
⢠Inflation is run amok
⢠The housing bubble is worse now than it was in 2008
⢠Inflation is run amok
⢠The housing bubble is worse now than it was in 2008
⢠Saudi Arabia beheads over 100 people and theyâre our âalliesâ while ISIS beheads 4 people and theyâre evil
⢠The police have killed over 1000 people this year
⢠Refugees are being displaced due to OUR bombs and we have the audacity to call THEM a âthreat,â
⢠The police have killed over 1000 people this year
⢠Refugees are being displaced due to OUR bombs and we have the audacity to call THEM a âthreat,â
⢠The military is predominantly poor or minorities and we wonder why congress is so quick for âboots on the groundâ
⢠Children are going hungry while Commanders send drone strikes to kill foreign children
⢠Delivered by machinery that cost more than simply feeding them would
⢠Children are going hungry while Commanders send drone strikes to kill foreign children
⢠Delivered by machinery that cost more than simply feeding them would
⢠But we fight their wars
⢠Bail their companies out
⢠Pay their debts for pieces of paper with no value,
⢠Pay for rising food, gas, education, and health prices with stale wages and THEY have the audacity to say WEâRE the problem
⢠Bail their companies out
⢠Pay their debts for pieces of paper with no value,
⢠Pay for rising food, gas, education, and health prices with stale wages and THEY have the audacity to say WEâRE the problem
⢠They stole your social security, your rights
⢠Spy on you for a âwar on terrorâ theyâve created
⢠Filled your television, radio, and newspapers with crap
Itâs STILL consumed willingly, images dehumanizing those who are different from you....
⢠Spy on you for a âwar on terrorâ theyâve created
⢠Filled your television, radio, and newspapers with crap
Itâs STILL consumed willingly, images dehumanizing those who are different from you....
to make you forget that youâre part of a bigger collective than yourself.
To keep you distracted and disillusioned while they get away with the world.
Wake up and look around.
To keep you distracted and disillusioned while they get away with the world.
Wake up and look around.
The world is bursting at the seams trying to get your attention while you decide which filter makes your meal look most appetizing.
Just because your complacency with ignorance is common, doesnât make it normal. Or moral.
Just because your complacency with ignorance is common, doesnât make it normal. Or moral.
If this resonated with you, I have other long form writing that i send out occasionally.
In fact, I just sent one a few minutes before finding this thread.
http://Valentine.Media/news
In fact, I just sent one a few minutes before finding this thread.
http://Valentine.Media/news