Opression in 2009

Oppression is the use of power to disempower, marginalize, silence or otherwise subordinate one social group or category, often in order to further empower and/or privilege the oppressor.

Many would consider this period a high point in social justice, reform, and political upheaval. However the current generation of youth tends to be short sighted and negligent to the struggles that preceded us. Humility is not a guideline adhered to in the majority’s daily life. We think everything will work it’s self out now. Such perceptions to me hardly appear to be the truth.

What those who oppress us want is for society to be complacent with what is commonplace at that moment. In reality, oppression and complacency go hand and hand. This is generally how progress is stifled. Without testing are limits, progress ceases to exist.

The saddest thing pertaining to this is that the dissension usually stems from the most trifle of matters. Almost all disagreement s are either too big to reach a compromise, which is an inevitable part of life, or the dissension usually stems from the most trifle of matters. In other words if you have a regular working or personal relationship with this person or persons, there should be enough mutual interest between you to succeed to avoid these conflicts from happening.

Still there is a consistent and ever growing consistency on how to act and conduct yourself in the presence of others. Subconsciously people are still fearful of the unusual and the unknown. After all our good intentions are thought of and met, we end up with nothing but hatred, envy and constant let down.

Throughout the world there are autonomous organizations that stand for equality, cultural understanding, and tolerance of each and everyone’s own individual society that makes up an individual’s practical existence. Morally these groups and their volunteers are generally the most noble humans you come across in daily life, even those that are in it primarily for personal growth are those that tend to be the most successful in life. However, the ethics that are instituted upon the naïve among us are some of the most oppressing tactics that can be used. These organizations practice and/or preach their beliefs on anyone that will listen and follow yet their sympathy towards the person involved is merely conditional.

Whether they believe in something or believe in nothing, the consequences on the ripe mind are just as destructive as going into complete apathy. Especially for our current generation of youth, the opportunity to sell your goals and desires short in order to get by are a daily dose of stress for every citizen middle class and down.

Those in power take no responsibility for progressive change. All they care about is widening the gap between them and the class below them. No one is truly helped unless they accept a mutual idea that tolerates no exceptions to their rules. Regardless if they sell products, ideas, or feelings, they will further extend the gap between true understanding and compassion for all life forms that we encounter.

Of course there is no right way to do things. There is only what is necessary to survive. We are all imperfect savages stuck on a globe in a place that we can’t fully comprehend. Lost and struggling for a way to be more than we ever should be, those of us who are the victims need to rise up and stop this injustice from ever affecting another born to this planet. The enemy is within ourselves and the answers are all around us on the outside. I am fucking tired of being held back down by the regulations this world expects you to obey. I may never be able to know what is right, but I can always see and sense what is wrong.

What is wrong with expression that is not done out of salary and wage obligations? Why must we submerge our greatest desires? Why can we not share in the biological needs our urges demand/ Mental, physical, and spiritual nutrition is all vital to a well rounded success story. I partake in open servings of free food at parks and the bike cops staked out want to intimidate us. I partake in bike rides where the natural aggressive forced actions of every day drivers want to force us off the road and make a mockery out of a supposed immature activity. You, me, and everyone else get denied jobs we would be well suited for because of judgmental bullshit that corrupt factions press upon these individuals. How we have become a society who is so dependent on the value of slips of paper is what irritates and drives me insane. We are an assume first, ask later form of being and that denies us the ability to grasp how detrimental we all are.

As my point comes full circle I ask how simple does this complexity seem now.

I can’t answer for my mistakes more than anyone else can. These shortcomings are no one’s fault but my own, still I continue to emphasize that I don’t appreciate society’s negative influences. I don’t need to know and you don’t need to make a cent exploiting me.

Your essential organs thrive through natural methods of stimulation. Our brains are made up of synapses; these are specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. Chemical synapses allow neurons to form circuits within the central nervous system. They are crucial to the biological computations that underlie perception and thought. They allow the nervous system to connect to and control other systems of the body. Additionally I think all of us can agree that the sensation brought on through the beat of your heart both mentally and physically is one of the few things that always counter the depths of oppression. You can laugh, but you never know how far a hug or a few inspiring words can influence the despair someone is going through.

Why do we do these atrocious things in spite of our greatest conscious beliefs? Those who don’t acknowledge the above mentioned are unwilling to change. To them there are no questions only answers and generally they would have someone else solve the toughest solutions for them. Well not everyone is as fortunate as these lucky few. Every action is a breath to stay alive and each moment is a struggle to attain to each their own. We must escape the confines of this tragedy if the dystopia we know is ever to end. The freedom to be is the only form of oppression anyone should ever be inclined to endure.

References: http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/, www.wikipedia.org/synapses