At various times in my life, I have felt that the silent majority stand still in their (maybe our) apathy and let the "loud mouths" have their say, and make society look as if it is far worse than it actually is.
How many times have you (who are reading this) been in a group of friends who all agree what "should be done".. but, of course, because you are all individuals, you fall back on the inevitable "Well, what can I do ?"
When I was in my twenties, I did the rebellious "thing"; having worked for a few years, I was thoroughly disgrunteled with "the way the world was going".. and 'wanted out'. People I spoke to agreed that it would be wonderful to give every material thing up, and go and set up a community somewhere good and secluded.
I was ready to do it, but, I found that as the time got nearer, that those who had said "Yes, I'll come in with you" fell by the wayside - all sorts of different excuses. I have, at times, wondered how I could achieve something like that now whatever "now" it was when I thought it.
But here we still are, the silent majority, still allowing the cheats, liars, thieves and politicians (sorry that was tongue-in-cheek) to make this world look far worse than it is....
How feasible do you think it would be to achieve a show of a "united front of the quiet people" who could challenge the 'bad people and things' in life and be the driving force ?
How many times have you (who are reading this) been in a group of friends who all agree what "should be done".. but, of course, because you are all individuals, you fall back on the inevitable "Well, what can I do ?"
When I was in my twenties, I did the rebellious "thing"; having worked for a few years, I was thoroughly disgrunteled with "the way the world was going".. and 'wanted out'. People I spoke to agreed that it would be wonderful to give every material thing up, and go and set up a community somewhere good and secluded.
I was ready to do it, but, I found that as the time got nearer, that those who had said "Yes, I'll come in with you" fell by the wayside - all sorts of different excuses. I have, at times, wondered how I could achieve something like that now whatever "now" it was when I thought it.
But here we still are, the silent majority, still allowing the cheats, liars, thieves and politicians (sorry that was tongue-in-cheek) to make this world look far worse than it is....
How feasible do you think it would be to achieve a show of a "united front of the quiet people" who could challenge the 'bad people and things' in life and be the driving force ?