How We Can Wage a Meaningful Revolution Against a Rigged Society
It wasn’t just their music that got me hooked. It was also what they stood for. Rage Against the Machine’s anti-establishment, fuck the man, fuck the system message resonated so much with me. I considered myself an activist when I was younger. I read political books in my spare time and was always plugged into current events. In college, I majored in public administration and dreamt of working in politics. My first job after graduation was as a canvasser, collecting signatures and donations for organizations that supported nuclear disarmament and LGBTQ rights. But, as we all know, life has a funny way of leading down unexpected roads. My political career never came to be.
Instead, I became a nurse. And with that change in career trajectory also came a shift in perspective. Even though I remain informed and educated about current events, I no longer have the same activist mindset I once had. The establishment sucks. It really does. It’s better for your spouse to gift you a molar extraction on your anniversary than expect the establishment to make meaningful changes. The problem isn’t that the movers and shakers lack ideas. They’re smart (I think). And I bet they know exactly what is right for most of us. Sadly, the common good doesn’t always jive with what’s good for a few privileged people.
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