by: Samson Jay
September, 2016. The world couldn't be in a worse place than it is now. Debt. War. Starvation. Hate. The list goes on. We have allowed those above us to hinder us to the point where no one can succeed anymore. What happened to the American Dream? A free life for everyone, where we can be who ever we want to be. No, instead we get a non-stop news cycle feeding us fear, making us believe we need objects and status to be happy. Anxiety, depression, and poverty has taken us over. We have been controlled to the point of massive break down. Instead of prosperity, we have heroin, meth, cocaine, and alcohol, to feeds us a make believe life so we think everything is all right. I have sat back and watched for too long, as my friends and fellow citizens suffer in a world not made for them to truly fit into. Why is this the way it has be? Every time we raise our voice we're told to suck it up, as if we're the problem. We're not the problem. It's not our fault the previous generations fell into the brainwashing trap that is our society.
"Oh, you should just be glad you're working".
A generation of waitresses and gas attendants, who have been promised the world, only to enter such world and be beaten down until they're defenseless. We're molded into one track minds. Programmed to do a single task for hours on end, just to be thrown away once it's our time for a raise. Never allowed to progress up the ladder, as we're stuck as entry level robots. Then when all we try to do is cope, they lock us away for having a bad night or smoking marijuana.
Now is our time to be alive. It's not our fault the older generations wasted their moment. We do not have to follow their path to slavery. I for one am tired of watching my friends suffer. This isn't right. We are in the golden years of our lives and we are left to rot away. For what? So some bankers can make more money, and fight more wars. Our generation has led the movement to the greatest amount of change in society. It was us who accepted everyone as they were. I'm not even going to acknowledge the disgusting things I have heard from the older generations. Bullshit like, nuking the Middle East, as if that would solve anything.
We are the generation of survivors. We have battled our way through mental conditions unlike any generation before us. Now is our time to take a stand and fight for what is right in the world. We are warriors, we are lovers, and this is our time to shine.
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