America, where are you?

The irony of the discrimination that people- like Emmal Goldman, Allen Ginsberg, MLK Jr, The Beatniks, The Hippies, The Civil Rights Activists, and so on- have received is that those people stood up and spoke out against a government that simply did not work any longer. They were labeled as communists, anarchists, and even un-americans. However, standing up and creating a change in the government that no longer works/ protects it's people is the most American thing anyone could ever do. Infact, it is our duty to do so it is written in our founding documents and it is heroic people like those who help America progress.

You see, American soceity constantly falls into a state of indifference. The economy is properous and society becomes to comfortable with what is going on- there is no sense of revolution in the atmosphere; and America is far from equal to all of it's constituents, so that should never occur. Yet it does, and when some one, or a group of people, become enlightened of the fact that "peace" is a dangerous state to assume- they are oppressed by the government and by the society of which it dominates. Our government in America is not our boss- quite the other way around. Still, I see people everyday who are submissive to government officials and decide to just go with the flow.

AMERICA!- YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL TO LEAD THE WORLD INTO A GREAT EPOCH OF EQUALITY AND SOCIAL (MUCH NEEDED) REVOLUTION. YET YOU DECIDED TO SIT DOWN ON YOUR COUCH, WATCH TELEVISION AND EAT. WAKE UP! DO NOT LOSE THE DRIVE AND STRENGTH THAT HAS DEFINED US FOR SO LONG- DO NOT CONFORM. MOST IMPORTANT- DO NOT DO IT FOR ME, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OR ANY INSTITUTION. TRANSCEND THE FEAR YOU POSSESS OF A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS CONTINOUSLY FED YOU FEAR, LIED TO YOU, DECEIVED YOU. AMERICA, BE YOURSELF ONCE AGAIN.