A Frightening Reality

It has been mentioned that the posts on this blog have been dark. I myself could even make the arguement that these posts have become the futile outcrys of some disturbed youths. I would agree wholeheartedly. These posts are dark, they are hard to swallow, and they do provoke reactions(which is the point). But if you take a look at the world, not through the eyes of others, but through your own, you will realize the world is falling apart. Deny it all you want, humanity is tearing itself apart. Take the election that we just had in the United States. Sure a lot of people were stongly opinionated on who they wanted to win. The lines between Republicans and Democrats were drawn so deep that many realized both parties may be the reason we are in this mess. Yet something else awakened due to the election, and that was racism. I see people write disgusting comments about Obama on the internet everyday. I realize that we as Americans have created this monster ourselves. We sweep issues too hard to swallow under the rug, hoping it won't effect us in our lifetime. But this election did affect us in our lifetime. You look at the news and realize you know more about Brad Pitt's movie career than what is happening to the economy. There are many young people who do not even realize America has entered a recession. I do agree that there are some things we cannot worry about because we cannot control them. But to become ignorant of the world around us is pathetic. But that is what we as Americans are content on being. We don't want to hear about the bad things in the world because then we realize the world is out of our control. We would rather hear about the social lives of billionaires. I am a victim of this too so don't think I am disrespecting the country I love. I have studied its glorious past and know quite well what this country was built on. We are far from these ideals. We would rather trash people for their color, language, or political party. Ignorance runs this country know. Whether you want to hear that or not it is the truth. But do not think there is nothing to be done. We, the people, can come together and fight for what is right. But I have doubts on whether there are enough people in the world willing to stand up for what THEY think is right...