We must believe in ourselves for change
Matt Schirano
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Ed-Op
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Are these relations based on truth, or are they artificially created so we can cope with the issues that make us uncomfortable? Just like gullible Americans who believe giving up our constitutionally defined rights is justifiable in the "War on Terror", telling ourselves social change happens at a tectonically slow pace is how we keep from admitting to ourselves that sometimes change is hard, and the future uncertain.
But we can't let the threat of difficulty deter us in creating the loving society we deserve. It's that kind of apathy towards the world that allowed George Bush to sneak into office. He knew that most Americans don't vote, convinced that our government's corruptibility cannot be changed, so he only needed to fool a small fraction of us.
Though he's the definition of selfishness, the quintessential ethnocentric American, he's the perfect example of believing in his own power. He may not be the smartest, or the most cunning, but he believed in his ability to achieve. And I'm sure, between snorting lines off a mirror in a college dorm, he believed he could change and fit the political mold his family had so caringly paid for. And voila! He did just that.
If George Bush can become president of the United States of America, then humans can conquer radical religion, racism, global warming, and everything else in the world that needs fixing. And I mean now, not over the course of two hundred years.
Before we can start making changes socially, we all have to make changes mentally. We have to erase that predisposition that some changes don't come fast. Some don't and those are mostly scientifically spoken for. It's going to be a while before our sun's life cycle is ended. It's pretty well documented that our physical evolution takes a minute or two, but there is no valid reasoning as to why we can't eliminate racism before I reach the ripe old age of 80.
I believe in myself, and I believe in the ability of humanity to realize the full exploration of the concept "love". I know we won't be able to convince everybody; there will be those that harbor hate, indulge in the sin of feeling superior, and create violence for individual gain.
What humanity can do is switch roles between the lovers and the haters. We can create a society where the haters are the one's whose ideas are repressed, where the haters who want a world of war and not of peace are the one's who are called dreamers.
Solutions to problems are not always absolute. Sometimes it's just a matter of creating the right atmosphere for love to flourish, because only love can conquer hate (thank you Marvin Gaye). We all have faith; maybe we should try placing it in ourselves, where we know real power exists.
But we can't let the threat of difficulty deter us in creating the loving society we deserve. It's that kind of apathy towards the world that allowed George Bush to sneak into office. He knew that most Americans don't vote, convinced that our government's corruptibility cannot be changed, so he only needed to fool a small fraction of us.
Though he's the definition of selfishness, the quintessential ethnocentric American, he's the perfect example of believing in his own power. He may not be the smartest, or the most cunning, but he believed in his ability to achieve. And I'm sure, between snorting lines off a mirror in a college dorm, he believed he could change and fit the political mold his family had so caringly paid for. And voila! He did just that.
If George Bush can become president of the United States of America, then humans can conquer radical religion, racism, global warming, and everything else in the world that needs fixing. And I mean now, not over the course of two hundred years.
Before we can start making changes socially, we all have to make changes mentally. We have to erase that predisposition that some changes don't come fast. Some don't and those are mostly scientifically spoken for. It's going to be a while before our sun's life cycle is ended. It's pretty well documented that our physical evolution takes a minute or two, but there is no valid reasoning as to why we can't eliminate racism before I reach the ripe old age of 80.
I believe in myself, and I believe in the ability of humanity to realize the full exploration of the concept "love". I know we won't be able to convince everybody; there will be those that harbor hate, indulge in the sin of feeling superior, and create violence for individual gain.
What humanity can do is switch roles between the lovers and the haters. We can create a society where the haters are the one's whose ideas are repressed, where the haters who want a world of war and not of peace are the one's who are called dreamers.
Solutions to problems are not always absolute. Sometimes it's just a matter of creating the right atmosphere for love to flourish, because only love can conquer hate (thank you Marvin Gaye). We all have faith; maybe we should try placing it in ourselves, where we know real power exists.
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