Thursday, November 1, 2007

Oh well

You're traveling at great speeds in metal contraptions made by factories who only have your best interest at heart so long as it won't cost them anything. You're interacting with strangers, some inside other metal contraptions, some with no protection of any sort. Why should I have to risk getting hit by a car when I'm going on a walk? Why do you get to put me in harm's way because you insist on doing this ridiculous thing? Why should there be wars over the time it takes you to get to work? Did you know that a well run transit system would cost us all a lot less money? Did you know we could vote to MAKE them develop products that would run this system. They're our government. They belong to us as no human being could ever belong to another. They are honour bound to think of us before themselves and they never do this. The government is an entity designed and obligated to be our slave. It is the only thing in the entire universe so obligated. The government should be the altruism of every person with the single goal of doing what is best for each of us.

You. You are obligated to fight tyranny and corruption. You are obligated to care for the children, the elderly, the troubled, the sick. You. And so it is your obligation, as a citizen of any country, as a citizen of the world, to make your representative, your vote, your government. It is your obligation to support systems critically, thoughtfully, carefully - to choose with your most altruistic self. Open yourself to people from all walks of life, from all sexes, from all cultures, from all beliefs. Make your choices based on your best understanding. Research. Think. Your sources should be many.

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