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You might ask why I feel like I can say these things. After serving time in the United States Army, I feel like I can, with a good and clear conscience, speak up and say things that I feel need to be said. Do I think that I am some sort of martyr? No. I've seen martyrs, and I've seen how foolish that is. A cause should be fueled by the heart and soul of a person, of a collective group of people. But when that borders on fanatic belief, it loses it's strength. We should be willing to die for a cause, yet we should also understand that we do more in life then we do in death. Death is forgotten, when one is dead, he doesn't talk. He doesn't create, nor does he inspire. With life, we can do all of these things. And how do I see the world? Let's talk about that.

This world has lost it's mind. Really, it has. I see the need for society, sure. But at the same time, we lose so much by dividing ourselves. Why do we fight? Because we, as nations, need things. Land, fuel. Resources, those sorts of things. And if we took down the walls between nations, if we stopped needing to prove things, then we would find less reasons for war. For killing, for differences. If we stopped assuming we are better then everyone else, no one would be stepped on, no one would need to lash out. As opposed to fighting for a nation or for pay, why not fight for human rights? For humanity in itself? Why not step out of this bullshit picture we paint of a nationalistic idea and create a personal idea, an identity based around humanity? I'm not preaching, nor am I saying that we should go back to a time when we were tribal, that would simply breed more war. But at the same time, we justify war and killing by saying "I fight for this flag. And my government says I'm right, so we go to war. And we destroy nations, we make the world bleed. We create orphans, we tear down society." Why? What does that prove? What has history taught us. There will always be more wars, there will always be more reasons to fight. So long as well allow this to happen, it will happen. We hide behind our justifications, right and wrong. Forget right and wrong, forget good and evil. There's nothing but action and reaction. take emotion out of the world leaders and we have an easier world, one that revolves around logic and ration. There's no need to hide behind religion and tell the world that "My book is right, so yours has to be wrong." Sure, religion should be a post that we lean on, but how many people are saints? Not many. How many can say, without lying, that they are truly open, willing to accept the world as it is? Not many at all. Each religion has killed, each religion has gone to war for no other reason then to prove that they are right. The Crusades. The Jihad movements. Come on now...let's be real. Stop. Just put it down and stop it. Live in your world, let us live in ours. That's all a human deserves, the chance to live right, and to live well. To live free.

What do we need? What can we have? Well, we need someone "in power" that has courage. Not the courage to go to war, but the courage to simply say "No." To simply stop this. To have power, and to give it to the masses. It's that easy, but it's an idea that we won't ever see because it's the perfect reality. We have enough to share, we have enough to give back. So, why don't we? We spend so much on war, but why? Why not give it to those who need it. And not just Americans, but everyone. Open the doors. The saying on the bottom of the Statue of Liberty, that beacon of hope and freedom? Make it real. Make it the truth, and rather then using it as faded glory, live it. breath life into it, embrace it. Feed the masses, clothes the poor. Sacrifice everything for another. That's what we need. But, it won't happen.

Not unless we take it. I know more people feel this way, more people have to see it. Really, it's easy. Step out of the boundaries society sets for us and make your own choice. Keep your voice strong. Be the voice for those who can't talk. Stand up, one by one and say no. If one person hears you say no and repeats it, that's change. The voice of the masses people, the voice of many that blends into one. One voice, united for the world, not for a nation. The voice of those under foot. No, better yet. Not that, not yet.

The voice of the silent.