So, the global repercussions of the Snowden’s revelations on NSA actions on the world are finally starting up the type of conversation that we should have been having decades ago. We are finding out that there are few people left to trust at the upper echelons of society, and it is frightening. But what is worse is the words and actions that are coming out from the individual countries regarding civil rights, morality, and responsibility in a global society. Take two petitions requesting support for Edward Snowden (one from the US and one a global petition). Notice anything?
The petition numbers were taken on Wednesday, but they show a clear image of the apathy that exists within the country versus the outcry that is being heard around the world. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the Internet and the global voice that is sounding from it, most of us who fervently want change would still be losing our minds at the ever-increasing apathy. Day after day, our institutions show that they are not even remotely capable of running society. When you compare them to social media’s voice, it’s easy to see the divergence of progress between status quo and the outliers.
Are you sick of this comment: Why bother? Nothing will change.
And worst of all is the continued insistence that we need to trust our democracies and cast a vote to make change happen. Change will only happen when our foundations progress into the 21st century, and we quit blindly trusting a justice that has gone down a dark and selfish path. Fortunately, the voices of the outliers are strong and becoming bigger. Trust is earned, and the status quo has a long way to go to gain the trust that it always assumed it deserved. We are no longer nations co-existing in a single world. We are finally a single world that is blending at the deepest levels of society, wanting to be seen as one: humanity. We need to kick apathy aside in our countries and CARE about the world we’re creating. Because some major ideals we used to have are now being shaken to their very core. Do YOU care?
just saying…
