3rd Thing Every Person Should Know
Most people think the problems of this world are too big, that we couldn’t change things even if we tried. But history proves that ordinary people, when they come together, can change the world.
In Western society, there used to be slavery, but no more. There used to be feudalism, but no more. It used to be that non-white people did not have their basic civil rights, but no more. It used to be that women couldn’t vote, but no more. It used to be that workers didn’t have the right to form unions, but no more. It used to be that there was no minimum wage or laws to ensure a 40 hour work week, but no more.
All this progress didn’t happen because The Powers That Be decided to be nice one day and end slavery, or end feudalism, or give women the vote, or let workers form unions, or anything else. No. It happened because people got together and they fought for it. It happened because people got together and they demanded it. It happened because people got together and they wouldn’t take no for an answer.
There are countless historical examples just like these. Many of them are big and can be found in encyclopedias. And there are countless more that are small but significant, little victories in local communities that will never make it into an encyclopedia but make a world of difference, nonetheless.
posted by Souljour @ 9:09 PM
4 Comments:
i love you!
thanks, lily. i appreciate your warmth.
nice pic with the panda.
by the way, check out my other blog, post #18, which is about the repression of falun gong in china. you probably have heard of it. concentration camps and removing organs while still alive. sick!
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souljour,
as it would happen, i met you today at a school i am not currently enrolled at.
well, let's be honest, i didn't actually meet you, but you were in the study group i was briefly apart of. you commented on my falafel. which i purchased at the hut.
i think we should go out for smoothies and talk about how to change the world by way of origami. i heard that if you make a thousand cranes, your wish will come true. i only have 997 more to make. you really should be helping me.
you really should have stuck around class, i was gonna ask you to come meet my puppy who was in the car. shes a real cute bean. but alas i showed it to the prof in your absence. i was even gonna as you in a creepy man voice to "come see the puppys in my van little girl". See what i mean, you really missed out.
my name is sarah, friends call me s. also spelt Ess.
so tell me where to find you already.
s
quill_in_ink@hotmail.com
sarah.eileen@gmail.com
dear meow;
today is the 30th of december, 2007 ... just over 24 hours from 2008. i have no idea when you wrote this comment. i haven't checked this blog in months, perhaps over a year. i only knew about your comment because my mom was reading my blog and said someone left me a very nice message.
anyways, you likely left this comment a very long time ago, and probably think i've been ignoring you. i'm sorry about that! i'm gonna email you right now.
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