The myth that in order to be successful, one must follow the path paved by society has become so programed into our minds that making alternative life decisions seems ridiculous and unfathomable. The standards have been set, we are to graduate high school, go to college, get married, breed, and if you're lucky end up working behind a desk punching insignificant numbers into a computer (it sounds nice, but, on paper so does communism). I do believe that knowledge is power, and education is key but, I don't call memorizing formulas for problems that you and i both know will never actuall arise anytype of powerful knowledge, and I certainly don't feel like being force fed white man lies by white man is an education. Whether you like to admit it or not, we are pawns, in a sense the mindless gears of an evil machine that will rob you blind, rape you dry and in the end leave you so miserable that death will seem a blessing. Since I was young I had a hard time believing everything i was told and had an even harder time understanding how everyone else could. People eat the shit off their plates without even taking time to chew. You buy a sweatshop made American flag to hang from from your window and a plastic cross to mount about your bed to feel secure but, outside your perfect cubicle of "normality", deleterious politicians are exploiting the weak, crooked cops are killing innocent civilians and pernicious corporate leaders are turning the world into a prefabricated market place with little children pulling the reigns. You can hide behind a television and make everything seem alright but, I hope you understand whoever becomes the next "American Idol" won't seem all that important in the end. This world is fucked up and as the history or human nature shows, it will be fucked up until we meet our demise. This doesn't neccessarily mean that we have to except this as our fate. Live your own life and don't settle for the norm just because its easy. Hey, "without money is true happiness unattainable?" Figure it out for yourself. Hell, you're the one with a degree, I'm just a high school dropout, so what the hell would i know anyway? |
