Looking in the world today, especially in America, I see the struggle of our planet. I may not see the mass murders or the possibility of not eating or getting clean water or having a warm bed to sleep in every night. I have all these things and much more luxury than a huge percent of Earth's population and I get the depressing privilege to see those countries leap to violence and chaos. Although, the US is far from perfect, I live in a country that I can feel (mostly) safe in.
As larger, more developed countries go, we're always trying to take control. Imagine our resourceful rock being free. No controlling government, no war or hate, no enemies...just all allies. Weird, isn't it? This speck of dust in our ever expanding universe is the only one WE have, so why are we destroying it and ourselves as well.
Greed, corruption, deception, terrorism- all these things make me uncomfortable, but here I am, living as though I have the potential to change it. I don't, but if you want to know something....WE can. We CAN change. We MUST change. If WE don't, then everything as we know will come to a disastrous, screeching halt. Nuclear wars and political revenge and international panic are all things we could avoid. But will we?
At this rate, we won't survive much longer. As our technologies advance, our people dumb down, we, as human beings, have the right to know what's going on behind our governments closed doors. Surely, there is something we as a whole can do?
Our population can achieve something amazing together, but with our separation as people, we can't make it far for future generations to enjoy life. Life as I know it today could improve by so much if our world wasn't controlled by possessions and material values. We have lost compassion for one another and has been replaced by oppression, selflessness with selfishness, humanity with harsh actions, goodness with greed.
