Here's one of the many things I'm missing out of the so-called 'uni experience': snotty pseudo-intellectual discussions and revolutionising.
When I walked out of the university cinema the other day I saw a group of bespectacled long-haired youths saying stuff like "Yeah, communism is a great way out of the current financial crisis."
And it does seem that there's a little of that in the air right now, with the movement 'Occupy.'
I've never liked the idea of movements. A bunch of ambitious youngsters develop a revolutionary idea, only to be rebuked by the following generation of youngsters a few decades later, then again - ad-infinitum.
But I'm sure it must be exciting to be involved in some sort of movement... And what's warmed my heart is that my generation, generally typified by its apathy and conformism, has forged a something exciting... A generation which has left nothing behind other than technological gadgets, shallow trends and... The Arctic Monkeys...
But what does this movement consist of, exactly? It's not clear. The Arab Spring has been cited as an influence, in addition to the protests currently taking place in Israel and Chile.
And the fact is that, in my book, in this shitty fucking world we live in... it's pretty justifiable to take a stance and complain.
But I don't think I'll take a part and never will... I live too much of a closeted life. Come the revolution everyone will be out in the streets marching, deposing the leading political figures as I'm locked in some stingy little room somewhere wanking and hearing Beethoven symphonies...
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By natural temperament and cultural training...I find Movements and protest repugnant. It's just a reflex. That, normally...hell always, seems justified upon further inspection.
Like I said, some of it's just cultural training. In The South, broadly speaking, we just unite to do much of anything...except for football.
The thinking is like this...just because I want something to be different doesn't mean that everybody wants it to be different. It's not my right to determine how the world should be. The focus is on changing one's own circumstances...if the system is rigged here or there...you just work it into your calculations.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong...it's just the way we are...again, generally speaking.
We don't even have very many unions around here.
In my mind at least...you're better off than the lice ridden, dirty hippies in the street. :)
"You just work it into your calculations."
This is what I've been doing for years and will hope to do... for the rest of my life. I agree with you entirely, it's just that... I feel that youngsters need to wake up and do things in whatever way possible... whatever way they wake up I'd rather watch it from the sidelines, though.
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