September 17, 2011 = #occupywallst
If you listen to the voices across this country, you’ll notice that they are not all agreeing with how votes are being portrayed in mainstream news. With our economy in a perpetual slump, job loss getting higher by the day, and opportunities scarce for the majority, many have wondered why the voices in the USA haven’t been as loud as those in other countries. Frankly, I’m one of them. Unlike what I’d read from a commentator on NY Times, the whole country is not moving to the right. Mainstream news is not the only place to get your voice heard, and we citizens need to do a better job at getting our own messages acknowledged.
We are a country which was founded on liberty and opportunity for all. We have a Statue of Liberty that stands as a symbol of enlightenment. After the centuries of oppression and serfdom that our forefathers suffered under tyrannies that resemble our current societal and political structure, they rose up to fight against this inequality and even wrote the most inspiring words to commemorate that event: Declaration of Independence. Hundreds of years later, we are a country divided by our own hands. It’s apparent that our system no longer works as it was first designed. Too many hands tampered with it for too many years, so that now only the few benefit on the backs of many. No more! We want a world that we first envisioned: A world where our dreams and hard work can come into fruition, so that we can truly build a beautiful, safer, saner, more inspirational world for all.
Many people are trying to create their own opportunity, and are coming up with creative ideas to fight their stagnation. But those efforts pale in comparison to the outright blasphemy that is being perpetrated by those who can afford to pay enormous amounts to drown out the majority’s voices through politics and economics. So, the battle cry on social media was launched: #occupywallst.
For those of us who can’t be there, we can still make our voices heard. If you agree with this campaign, then post your own thoughts on your blog and spread it around. All voices rising up together won’t get drowned out when their pitch becomes greater than any opposing pitch. So, raise your own voice and pass it on! Join the rest of those voices which are already out there agreeing with you. This is just the beginning, and we need to sustain it, because we are fighting for the most important thing to us: our future. This is democracy in action!
more info: Occupywallstreet.org
