I have resolved (sort of) to blog in the past. But as you may have gleaned from my little town hall fantasy, it's hard not to feel like the situation is hopeless. What purpose could my blogging possibly serve? Time on this earth is precious; is blogging really worth the time taken away from watching Star Trek and playing The Legend of Zelda?
I got my motivation this time from reading about the Occupy Wall St. and Occupy Chicago events. Those involved are noteworthy first for having organized without clearly spelled out goals or demands. They are further commendable for moving to create a list of demands democratically.
One member of one of these groups caught my attention, struck my fancy, and lit the proverbial fire, by saying that it would be enough just to increase awareness of realities and possibilities, hoping to fight apathy.
Apathy...an emotion? Perhaps a better word might be inertia. And what is the opposite of being inert? Being active. And what way do most of us have to be active apart from being vocal? By most of us I mean people who are not flush with cash.
Being vocal has never been easier. I can bang out a blog post in an hour. I can probably tweet and re-tweet 5 times in a minute. There's just no excuse for not being vocal.
Next steps...find or start a NFP to provide mobile communications devices and service cheap or free to low income families. More on this to come...
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