It's easy to bemoan our political leaders and we no doubt expect way too much from them. They are, after all, no more than elected public officials. We vote them into office to represent us. When they fail to represent the will of the people and the nation, we need to replace them and find those that will. This democratic process is but one of the goals of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. OWS can now be found in 951 cities in 83 countries including Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. OWS is a people-powered movement that began in the financial district of New York City and has grown into a global occupation. It's people from all over the world asking for better management. People asking this from their leaders and nations. People recognizing that governments commitment to the future is short-sighted. People exercising their right to demonstrate -- which is the most basic emblem of democracy. Everybody is each of us. If you think you're too small to make an impact, remember how annoying it is to try and sleep with a mosquito in your bedroom. I made this film to demonstrate.
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. The best way to create hope is to create opportunity.
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Everybody that lives in a democratic society MUST participate in the system.
SOMEBODY is EVERYBODY and each of us must hold our ELECTED officials responsible for REPRESENTING the will and the good of the citizens that voted them into office. Politicians should NOT be representing the desires of corporations that pay "donations" (contributions and donations are veiled bribes) for private corporate gains.
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either way, the point is WE matter and each INDIVIDUAL can make an impact. he could have also said, "be the change you want to see" m. gandhi. but that quote is WAY over used.
Lets take back America again.
Occupy USA
googling modine shows me that he is from a family of seven. that his dad was a drive-in movie manager and his mom was an accountant. his family is working class. electrician, pipe fitter, barber, swap meet manager, and phone company worker. maybe modine made the film because he himself grew up working - making minimum wage or maybe he made the film for his family? or maybe he made it with the young college student in the video - and thousands of other students with student loans.
regardless. having SANE, RATIONAL, INTELLIGENT attempts to address the financial and environmental problems the world faces shouldn't be considered the domain of passive aggressive critics.
Yes, each individual can affect change. But two things are necessary: individual must take action and two get guidance from a source that is both intelligent and fair. Fair does not mean everybody gets pie. In fact, fairness means some people will never get pie, because they do not deserve pie. The world gives most people what they deserve.
Censorship is evil.