And so it goes...
Right now, in Sudan, there is a genocide going on. People are being burned alive, raped, tortured, and murdered in droves. It is possibly the worst violation of human rights since the Holocaust. Janjaweed, Sudanese Arab militia, prowl Darfur to "cleanse" a certain race from the gene pool by the most brutal means seen in the modern world. And what do we do? As Americans? We sit in our homes and watch The Daily Show and The Simpsons, while across the world thousands of people are screaming in agony as they are tossed into human bonfires. You would think this would be important, but it seems that it actually is not.
I cannot express the disgust I have for our leaders. Bush tours the country, mocking John Kerry, who tries to appear "likable" by appearing on immature talk shows. Neither man is doing anything to save these people in Africa. Do you know why? Nobody cares. We have a massive case of apathy that neither experience nor bloodshed can cure. The Africans are viewed by us on the same plane as cattle. At this point you're probably vehemently denying it, but think about for just one minute. Could you care less about these people? Its a soft coccoon of ignorance that we've wrapped ourselves in, hiding ourselves from the brutal world outside our borders.
Listen for once to what's outside your door. Our world has rarely been in such a cataclysmic state. Russia, the world's largest country, is reverting back to Soviet-style repression as Vladimir Putin extinguishes the last hold the people had on his presidency. He now cannot be removed from power peacefully. China firmly maintains its grip on Taiwan and Tibet, while perpetuating a virulent human-rights record. In Iraq, 2 more American workers were beheaded- beheadings in a country we supposedly "civilized." Add that to the over 1000 soldiers' lives lost since the war began. Back at home, the evangelical right has launched a campaign to prevent homosexual marriage, and the Fascist theory rises again from the Neoconservative movement. It would be so sad if the greatest experiment in government- America- collapsed under the weight of stupidity, ignorance, and apathy. We're too wrapped up in our own vicious partisan black-vs-white rage that we cannot see that we are heading straight for a cliff.
Call me apocalyptic, but this cannot continue much longer. We're seriously going to destroy our culture, our society, our very system of government. Values we once cherished are being forfeited by our political system- liberty, happiness, and life. Its too easy to simply say that what's happening in Sudan doesn't matter to us. We're facing a complex problem here, and being simplistic about it is not going to solve anything, and time is running out. So for all of you who don't care, who don't know, and don't want to know, hear this: It is not about you or me. It is about the whole world.
Make yourself care.
I cannot express the disgust I have for our leaders. Bush tours the country, mocking John Kerry, who tries to appear "likable" by appearing on immature talk shows. Neither man is doing anything to save these people in Africa. Do you know why? Nobody cares. We have a massive case of apathy that neither experience nor bloodshed can cure. The Africans are viewed by us on the same plane as cattle. At this point you're probably vehemently denying it, but think about for just one minute. Could you care less about these people? Its a soft coccoon of ignorance that we've wrapped ourselves in, hiding ourselves from the brutal world outside our borders.
Listen for once to what's outside your door. Our world has rarely been in such a cataclysmic state. Russia, the world's largest country, is reverting back to Soviet-style repression as Vladimir Putin extinguishes the last hold the people had on his presidency. He now cannot be removed from power peacefully. China firmly maintains its grip on Taiwan and Tibet, while perpetuating a virulent human-rights record. In Iraq, 2 more American workers were beheaded- beheadings in a country we supposedly "civilized." Add that to the over 1000 soldiers' lives lost since the war began. Back at home, the evangelical right has launched a campaign to prevent homosexual marriage, and the Fascist theory rises again from the Neoconservative movement. It would be so sad if the greatest experiment in government- America- collapsed under the weight of stupidity, ignorance, and apathy. We're too wrapped up in our own vicious partisan black-vs-white rage that we cannot see that we are heading straight for a cliff.
Call me apocalyptic, but this cannot continue much longer. We're seriously going to destroy our culture, our society, our very system of government. Values we once cherished are being forfeited by our political system- liberty, happiness, and life. Its too easy to simply say that what's happening in Sudan doesn't matter to us. We're facing a complex problem here, and being simplistic about it is not going to solve anything, and time is running out. So for all of you who don't care, who don't know, and don't want to know, hear this: It is not about you or me. It is about the whole world.
Make yourself care.
posted by Aermethys at 11:00 PM
4 Comments:
Just because someone watches TV doesnt mean that they don't care. What do you suggest people do to prove that they care? For some of us are against war and everything it stands for. What do you suggest that we as a human race do to fix this problem of 'not caring'?
Lizzy
I won't quibble with rest of your post, but your comparison of neoconservatism to fascism displays some level of ignorance.
Neoconversativism is mainly a foreign-policy ideology based on the basic tenets of realism. Fascism is far more ideological and although both are perhaps not the most favored among bleeding-heart liberals, they are totally different.
Lizzy- I'm not implying that everybody who watches TV doesn't care. I'm not saying that you all have to go join the Peace Corps. I'm just saying that in general, as a nation, we don't really give a shit about what happens anywhere else. Sudan and the genocide there is not even worthy of putting in the newspapers, and that astounds me.
Stuart, I'm guessing- Neoconservatism and fascism are not photocopies. I know this. However, the core principles of Neoconservatism and fascism- extreme patriotism, some measure of ethnocentricity and xenophobia, and an agressive foreign policy- are the same for both. And I am going to have to ask you not to insult me in my blog or I will do the same in yours. Its only common courtesy. As for the fact that you think "my blog makes no sense," I'm sorry that you don't get it, but you have the option not to read it. In conclusion, don't insult me and don't insult my blog, or you will lose what little respect I had left for you.
Erik
Thats not the point I was trying to make Erik. What I was trying to point out was how do you know that people dont really care. Its hard to show you care and all it takes is one person on their own(maybe more) to break the mob effect. I think that we really do care, we just dont know how to show it. People are scared to take action so they pretend that the problem doesnt exisit until they can do something.
-Lizzy
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