I spent my years in high school reading The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and The Motorcycle Diaries and Guerilla Warfare by Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as well as The Art of War by Sun Tzu... proudly wearing my Che t-shirt, to the horror of my school's history teachers, who loved to question me about Socialism, Communism, and who Che Guevara was and why I considered him someone to be idolized. I suppose I figured myself some sort of revolutionary or free-thinker, while I was really just an angsty teen with some edgy political ideas.
I later realized that politics was not a theme that I wanted to play a major part in my adult life. It's a mostly futile effort, after all, and brings me no real sense of joy.
If and/or when a revolution comes, I'll play whatever the winning side is, ensuring the survival of me and mine.
In a perfect world, we would live in a sort of Libertarian Socialist (often equated with Anarchist) society, or rather set of societies, that were self-sufficient, small and lacking many of the technologies that we love so dearly today. But, that world will likely never exist, so I'll simply go on about my way, enjoying the things that I enjoy and not worrying about what's here after I'm gone.
I later realized that politics was not a theme that I wanted to play a major part in my adult life. It's a mostly futile effort, after all, and brings me no real sense of joy.
If and/or when a revolution comes, I'll play whatever the winning side is, ensuring the survival of me and mine.
In a perfect world, we would live in a sort of Libertarian Socialist (often equated with Anarchist) society, or rather set of societies, that were self-sufficient, small and lacking many of the technologies that we love so dearly today. But, that world will likely never exist, so I'll simply go on about my way, enjoying the things that I enjoy and not worrying about what's here after I'm gone.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
