Forum Post: Do We Need A Revolution To Change The System?

Do We Need A Revolution To Change The System?

The lines have already been drawn should a revolution take place. A very interesting image I recently saw helps explain the revolution question; one row was of dark grey chess pieces with the typical King, Queen, two Bishops, two Knights and two Rooks, while the other side of the board was three rows of brightly colored Pawns. This was quite a powerful image as the obvious end result of the game was that the pawns would overwhelm and dispatch of every opposing piece, simply because they were larger in numbers. In this instance, power failed to protect the ruling class. However, as things stand currently in America, there are only a few pawns willing to get on the chess board, and not nearly enough to supplant the dark grey pieces on the opposing side.

Loyalists to the current system - or people who are currently financially well off but not of the elite ruling class - are making enough money to cover all of their needs, perhaps quite a bit more even, and therefore they see no reason to change anything. However, the number of these people is shrinking rapidly as the recorded poverty rate in America now exceeds 15%, and the unemployment and underemployed rate is now nearing 20% of the American population, and rising. The system as it was designed for supporting the masses of society is already broken beyond repair, now it is just a matter of what the people do about it. Across the world protesters have taken to the streets, and in some instances they have overthrown their governments with little to no idea what will replace it. This is a very dangerous prospect, as it sets the stage for a dictator to step in and assume power. America was the shining beacon of liberty during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, however we lost our way in the twentieth. Should America take back its rightful place as the light of liberty and democracy, the world will take heed, and a democratic economy could take hold everywhere.

But how do we compete against a massive global system of industry barons and their heirs? The answer is simple; by not supporting their companies. Boycotting is still one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and we the people have it at our disposal. If Helium refused to bond with Hydrogen, then the sun would no longer generate heat. While this may be an extreme example, it is an applicable metaphor for those who feel like overturning the current system is an impossible task. It can be done, and it must be done. If we the people educate ourselves on where the money goes and then respond accordingly, we could shut the system down overnight and demand a massive upheaval. By boycotting companies that we view as detrimental to our society, we will shift the power and political focus from the ultra-rich to us. The right wing republicans that currently call themselves the tea-party are in practice no different, and quite a bit more insane than, the monarchs of Europe during the revolutionary period. They certainly are not the revolutionaries that revolted against England by throwing tea into Boston Harbor, and rather are very much aligned with the elite wealth class of America. We the people can however take the spirit of Boston Harbor for ourselves, and refuse to purchase unnecessary goods and services that perpetuate the madness of our ultra-capitalist economic system. We must boycott the industries that are perpetuating the increasing wealth disparity and pushing us into poverty, and then demand of our government an adoption of Democratic Capitalism as our system of economics.

Time For Courage

We the people can no longer tolerate the inability to survive and prosper in our own native society, and soon we must respond and replace the current broken system with a new and more enlightened one. Contrary to what so many gripped by fear and lethargy are saying, change is inevitable. The true question is, what do we transition to? Pushers of dark outcomes and hellish situations need not be consulted any longer. While the written works of George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and Aldous Huxley were appropriate and brilliant, there are inherent flaws in their imagined dystopias, being that it is impossible to extinguish the spirit of human beings, no matter how much media nonsense you bombard them with, or how much fear you inundate them in. Eventually, hardship will break people out of the spell of control, and as a result, their resolve will be deeper and stronger than ever before. It is this innate quality of human beings that has caused us to endure and survive every hardship that we have ever thrown at ourselves, and it is this same quality that will allow us to transcend the quagmire that we have allowed ourselves to be put in presently. We the people hold the power, and we the people will once again achieve liberty and greatness in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. The time for an enlightened society is now.

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