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What makes us not care?
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Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Apathy. You've all seen it. It's how we're able to watch scenes of bloodshed, poverty, and destruction on the evening news and go on with our dinners. It's how we see a homeless person on the street and pass right by without thinking. It's how more people are worried about which movie stars hook up than what's going on in their government.
So who's to blame for this sudden attack of who-gives-a-damn? The government? A lot of them seem to be ignoring the people. Society? It teaches us about instant gratificiation. But you know who's really behind it?
We are.
We, myself included, just to let you know this isn't a sermon and I'm ragging on me, too. We don't care as much, or often enough, or we're too content with our lives, or something. If you don't like something, change it. Hate what your government's doing? Call one of your representatives, join a grassroots organization, and vote. Hate the violence in the world? Join Greenpeace or the Peace Corps. Hate what's happening to the environment? Research alternative fuels and start recycling.
The point is, we've got to break from this apathy, or we're all screwed over. First step is to start caring again. Educate yourself. Be aware what's happening in your government, local and national. Decide what matters to you and fight for it. Volunteer once a week.
As a collective, we the people have an enormous amount of power. Are you just going to throw that away?
So who's to blame for this sudden attack of who-gives-a-damn? The government? A lot of them seem to be ignoring the people. Society? It teaches us about instant gratificiation. But you know who's really behind it?
We are.
We, myself included, just to let you know this isn't a sermon and I'm ragging on me, too. We don't care as much, or often enough, or we're too content with our lives, or something. If you don't like something, change it. Hate what your government's doing? Call one of your representatives, join a grassroots organization, and vote. Hate the violence in the world? Join Greenpeace or the Peace Corps. Hate what's happening to the environment? Research alternative fuels and start recycling.
The point is, we've got to break from this apathy, or we're all screwed over. First step is to start caring again. Educate yourself. Be aware what's happening in your government, local and national. Decide what matters to you and fight for it. Volunteer once a week.
As a collective, we the people have an enormous amount of power. Are you just going to throw that away?
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/obvious joke
eg the pro democracy protests in nepal that have overthrown the king and have installed a fully powerful government
but this raises the question what is best for the majority of people, converting to hardline extremist islam and kill all infidels
sending all my money (£40 at the moment) to africa give all my clothes turf out my mother sell the house give everything i own to charity?
many people unfortunaely believe that if they take their globalised business to sierra leone or sudan will help the situation! but to me capitalism wont help those people, peace will, the capitalist says work will bring peace, theres so many differing opinions to improve the world,
Money given to poverty stricken countries may not actually help it could be diverted by the gov, to buy arms and increase turmoil?
you just have to do the best you can and if we all did that it would create a better world, if Gandhi and MLK Jr. had no supporters then it would have got no where, its the mass mobilisation of people that will change the world!
sorry kinda went of on one
Or it could be a fear of being cast out... Of not fitting in.
Is it hip to care? Is it cool to be an ethical consumer? To trade your Nike for No Sweat goods and your Lynx for CFC free deodorant?
What about homeless people, if we give to somebody on the street are we being too soft?
Protests and activisms, does that make us hippies and unfashionable?
Bleh... I dunno.
Most people don't see how much of a problem apathy is.
Huge movements like Jubilee 2000 and Make Poverty History demonstrate the strength of feeling. But our leaders need to take brave decisions and make commitments along with other world leaders to make differences.
We are inherently selfish, but there is altruism in everyone. Whether you give your money to the RNLI, Royal British Legion or World Vision. Or if you go shopping for an elderly neighbour.
Apathetic we are not.
One recent example does spring to mind. I wasn't going to mention it because it didn't really accomplish its goals however i think that a lot of good did come from it. I'm talking about the fuel tax protests a few years back. The best thing that came from this was that people realised that something can be done. We are not powerless. If you get enough people to support your cause then you can achieve anything.
as foir the fuel protests ...i was and am ...totaly against them and the prick that led it all ...brinly williams ...lives near me.
it cuased massive problems and shortages and achieved ...nothing.
True Human Natures shows itself in an extreme situation. If we were REALLY selfish... we wouldn't have the world we do today with so much coopperation in it and people worknig together in things.
Take an extreme situation. A disater, a war, whatever. People go back into danger!... to help others get out safely... to help the injured who can't walk or something... to save others lives!... even those they don't know! For no benefit of their own. They don't do it for the media attention or fame... they do it because that is TRUE human nature. Selfless. Kind. Helpful. Thats when all the indoctrination and social conditioning is forgetten in an extreme situation.
People even say after, they didn't think about their own peril of whatever. No, because Human Nature took over. Soldiers in War... Heroes of 9/11... The Tsunami... Earthquakes... all have such stories of Heroes. If Humans really were selfish, there would be none.
Indeed.
Ever notice how people who spend ages alone... often go a little nuts? And have make beleive friends?... we don't really like being alone for extended stretches of time.
Like that film Castaway... and he has the football as a friend... what was its name?
I go nuts around people let alone when im alone!
WILSON! Nooooo!
Ta, that was a brill film. Poor Wilson.:(
MLK jr and the race rights march on washington and montgomery bus boycott
Nepalese protestors who recently overthrown their king
G8 protests in gleneagles and edinburgh, they didnt accomplish everything but without the pressure poverty wouldn't have even been on the agenda!
poll tax riots in the uk
theres thousands!