What gets me most isn’t so much how people in my generation may feel too powerless or helpless to fight for change, it’s when I see frequently how politically and intellectually apathetic they are because they really just do not give a shit about anything happening outside their tiny lives. It is a conscious choice to buy into the self-absorption and apathy that the article discusses. Just as it is to accept those feelings of powerlessness. It took me a painfully long time to realize that the only person who can make you feel powerless or helpless is you. midwestgenderqueer:
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
“Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance to domination…”
This introduced me to the word “corporatocracy” which is a pretty badass word… through I’m still not sure how to pronounce it…
(Source: bradicalmang, via confessionsofahalfdyke)
