I hate feeling like the world is falling apart and there’s nothing I can do. I’m torn between starting a revolution or getting my degree. I am upset at everything happening, the climate changing, the rainforest burning, Australia in flames, and for some god damn reason Trump decided to assainate a top military general in Iran! That is not what we need. We need action for the climate, not foreign wars. I know there was deeper reasons behind it but it was unprovoked since nothing had happened yet. What is this world coming to? Kids are having to be advocates and fighting for their rights to fucking live. What is this? We justify the assaination because an American civilian and a journalist were killed, yet what action has been taken or done to protect the people and kids killed by gun violence each year in America? I don’t believe the government cared about the civilian or the journalist bc that’s shitty that they take action over a few people when kids literally are protesting for their right to go to school and not die. What the actual fuck. What is this dystopian world we are living in? When are we going to rise up? Are we all too comfortable in our homes and shitty jobs? Why are we allowing atrocities to happen? Why has this administration been allowed to cause such wreckage? Where is the fucking anger? Kids are in concentration camps dying, being mentally scarred and we are sad for them for what five minutes? Fuck that! Fuck this all! We are allowing roll backs on environmental regulations, that thing with the romaine lettuce causing disease? Bc of the roll backs. The rich are getting tax breaks so they don’t need to donate to non profits anymore, you know what that means? The measly little set up that our government had of pawning off important social programs to non profits instead of providing it via the govt has now lost any incentive of donation by the rich. Which is pretty shitty. They are trying to take away our right to our bodies, our right to decide what happens like we are not autonomous beings, but only rearers of children. This is fucked up. Our economy sucks, 7.25 is a joke, no one can survive on that. A wage is supposed to be enough for food, housing, life. And it’s not. Rents are crazy and so are housing prices. I can keep naming off shit that’s wrong with our country/world but I’m pissed. What are we doing America? Have we forgotten what it means to protest? To fight for the rights when our brethren cannot? When will we act? Will it be after we are personally affected? When we lose a loved one to a camp or to an illegal abortion? What are we doing? What am I doing? I’m getting angry and I must figure out a way to make a change. I’m fucking in college, Vietnam was protested by students. I need to protest like they did. I’m mad. I’m fucking mad, voting is not enough. Our daily lives need to rocked, need to take shape and realize that we are powerful. That we are more than a worker, more than just a pawn in this game. We can make a change, but we have to have courage. I wonder often what I will think of myself in 20 years. Will I be proud that I said that I hated trump and all he stood for and will that be enough? He was still elected, he has still managed to create a wall and collect migrants and tear families apart. We all hate him, are disgusted by him and yet, what are we doing? It’s time to take a fucking stand. I’m over feeling weak and powerless because fuck that. I am not going to look back and see my inaction I want to look back and be fucking Jane Fonda, having a rap sheet bc I stood up for something worth wild. If Greta at 15 can start a protest felt around the world then surely I can make an impact in my city. Surely, I can make a change that will make the world a little better because right now, right now it fucking sucks what’s happening. It sucks and I’m tired of feeling weak. Trump is an idiot and needs to fought back against tooth and nail. I will stand up for those who need it most, and make the world a little better.