Always talkin’ bout my generation..
So, maybe this isn’t a big issue but it disappoints me thoroughly in my “generation”, “age group” or peers. Pick whatever you want to say there. I’ll say that I’m in the 18 to 25 year old range of things. I’ve got a facebook and a myspace. Sure, I text a lot. But, I’m aware of what’s going on in our country. At my job, I’m not allowed to discuss politics and the people that I work with are of different political and religious opinions.
Recently, the almighty website of Facebook made some changes. I mean, we all knew it was coming simply because it is trying to compete with the O’ Blessed MegaGod of Myspace. You have to expect change sometime. It’s not that big of a deal. Adjust to it and move on. My issue isn’t with the changes that were made, it’s simply the fact that so many people got upset about it. They started petitions to get the old facebook back. Statuses were changed and reflected how much they loathed it.
I’m disappointed because if we can get so upset over something as trivial as facebook.. why can’t we stand up for the bigger issues at hand? I mean, half the people I know, don’t pay attention to the election news or national news .. let alone international issues. They’re happy to be blissfully ignorant. Then when there’s a major change, they cry out not knowing where it came from even though it’s been coming all along. They just needed to open their eyes to see it.
During my day, I constantly hear how the world is changing and how the older generations are concerned about the future and how we’re going to handle it. I’m afraid too. If we’re so blind to not see what’s going on and to not actually let our voices be heard, then we’re in major trouble. We might as well just hand over our rights and comply to whatever the current adminstration wants. Don’t get me wrong. Many of my peers are active in the world, and they let their voices ring out with opinions on many subjects. But, the majority of my generation just sit there like mindless cattle focusing on who’s dating who and what they updated on their profile page. I just want to scream Wake up! to everyone. This is OUR future and we can have control over it. We can make the decisions now that change the course of this country but I feel as if we are going to stand by the wayside and let it go to ruin.
I’m hoping in the next two months that there’s some kind of awakening and that we actually start thinking. But I doubt it. All I can hope is that the people who aren’t so blind, have enough power to let our voices me heard whether they’re voting for Obama or McCain. Everyone needs to get out there and be more aware of what’s going on.
That’s enough of the blah blah.
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