#mai 2016

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Schönstes Erlebnis?

Mai 2016: Ich in der Klinik. Meine Schwester, mein Schwager und meine zwei Wochen zuvor geborene Nichte Lea zu Besuch. Das schönste Erlebnis war, als ich sie zum ersten Mal für einige Minuten in meinen Armen halten durfte. ♥

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Go Joon-hee

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Song Joong-ki, actor

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Ryoo Hyoun-kyoung/Ryu Hyun Kyung, actress

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Phonebooth’s "Mai 2016” (Civitas Project Volume 3)

New rules and new love in a new era

In May of 1968, French youth protesting the Americans’ war with Vietnam attacked an American Express office in Paris and were arrested by government authorities. Following this, demands for the release of those who attacked the office, as well as resistance against authoritarianism and existing social order, spread among French youth. This movement’s spirit and purpose spread throughout European societies and the whole world that had institutionalized national surveillance in the name of the Cold War, and caused the widespread influence throughout general society of women’s liberation, hippie culture, and other movements. The event was called the “Revolution of 68″ or “May Revolution,” and became a symbol of the social movements typical of the times.

“Resist all authority.” First French youth were arrested, then college students demanded the release of the arrested youth. And the reason behind these actions? America started a war in Vietnam while hiding their true goals: securing a competitive advantage, strengthening their dominance in Asia, and various economic benefits. On the other side of the world from Vietnam, in France, several young people who opposed America’s Vietnam War attacked the office of an American company.

One side is armed with guns and missiles, shooting people to death. The other side breaks furniture and destroys a small office. Between these two incidents, one only commits more massacre and destruction, while the other results in arrest. It was this irrationality, this unfairness that the French students could not tolerate. They, and other citizens who witnessed similar situations happening throughout society, began taking to the streets. They threw out questions of, “Why is violence only acceptable for one side?” “Why is our opinion a crime, but yours is right?” while demanding changes to the social order and authoritarianism.

In the case of our country, there are similar incidents: 4/19 and 5/18. Citizens opposed huge power and authority and brought about change through their own strength. But 30 years have gone by. The order that was new at the time has again become old; to the new generation, it is but a worn, ragged hand-me-down from their elders.

The spirit of the times. What kind of era will we live in, here on the cutting edge of the 21st century in modern Korea? An era in which you have to graduate from a good university and memorize English words even native speakers don’t know in order to get a job. An era in which most people must share responsibility for raising the honor of the logos of companies like Samsung and LG, which aren’t people or even living things. An era which treats politicians who rob citizens of their rights and wealth, and commit national violence, like heroes. An era where we cannot rescue even one person out of three hundred from drowning. An era where a company responsible for dozens of infant deaths can continue to sell their products for 5 years without so much as an apology. An era in which the dignity of elders whose humanity was greatly damaged in war is settled with mere handfuls of money. An era in which the media cannot criticize anything and can only repeat phrases continuously like a toddler. An era in which the only things you can do about these problems are small, isolated demonstrations and implicit dissent, and anything outside of that becomes illegal. Even outside of this, our era is filled with countless rotten, irrational things.

A new question. When asked what to do when faced with an evil employer, one politician in the ruling party answered, “It can’t be helped.” If this were 30 years ago, not many people would have opposed this answer. But now, such a response is severely lacking. It’s not the hill anyone will die on. Historically, the older generation has, due to their own inertia as time went on, controlled and oppressed the new generation using the customs and rules they developed as weapons. But the even newer young people have always opposed this authority by making a new order.

Just like Korea’s youth in 1960 and French youth in 1968, we in the present of 2016 must also throw new questions at the old conventions and authoritarianism. “Why, even after so much spilled blood, does the societal system not work right for authorities and capitalists?” “Why, when we have studied so much more than you, is it so difficult to find work?” “Why do we work more than you but earn less?” “Why is the media silent on the violence and corruption of the government?” “Why are the opinions expressed by reporters and media the only worthy concerns and questions?” “Why are individuals’ lives, values, and questions ignored?” “Are they the true elite?” “Why are our opinions either dismissed as childish or treated as a crime?” Our era, our world, must become the answer to these questions.

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Phonebooth — “Mai 2016″ English lyrics

Volume 3 of the Civitas Project. Read this volume’s essay

Okay, now let’s rise up and sing A song of a new era to the world. Let’s cry out against tedious preachings. New rules for a new era.

I, I wait For the sun to go out. I, I want it, a completely new world. It’s just like thunder.

Let’s surprise the old faces That only sit solemnly and hem.

Okay, now let’s rise up and sing A song of a new era to the world. Let’s cry out against familiar ridicule. Our rules for our era.

Okay, now it’s time. Let’s toss away the piles of documents. The world we thought we would never have Is standing right in front of us.

Let go of frustrating fatigue. Let’s push for a new world.

Okay, now let’s rise up, lift our chins, And sing a song of a new era. Let’s cry out against pitying stares. New love for a new era.

A new world isn’t a difficult thing— Small cracks tear down buildings. (If you want) Right now. (If you want) Right here.

Let’s declare our era To the frustrating authorities.

Okay, now let’s rise up, lift our chins, And sing a song of a new era. Let’s cry out against pitying stares. New love for a new era.

From now on, wherever we are, We touch the first winds and starlight. With new love and new dreams, We sing a song of a new era.

A new world.