Most amazing woman on earth
Ich bin es gewöhnt, daß Amanda Palmer mich mit ihrer Musik, ihren Texten, ihrem faszinierend-selbstbewußt-mutigen Auftreten (als eines der wenigen weiblichen Rollenvorbilder, die für mich funktionieren), mit ihrer fantastischen Offenheit über ihre Gedanken, Entwicklungen und Zweifel in ihren Blogeinträgen und durch die treffsichere Wahl ihres Ehemannes begeistert und gelegentlich zu Tränen rührt.
Jetzt setzt sie dem Ganzen für mich noch eine Krone auf: Die letzen Wochen hat sie zumindest teilweise damit verbracht, an verschiedenen #occupy-Standorten zu singen, und sie schreibt mir aus dem Herzen:
" sometimes we forget that the world is absolutely fungible, morphable, re-creatable. we forget (maybe want to forget) that governments and systems topple ALL THE TIME, that human peoples have a habit of looking around, saying “nope, nope, don’t like this one bit” and gathering enough force, energy, and will to create a change. i’m sure at every single moment in history where a regime has seen a giant shift, there’s been those standing by, thinking that the impossible (change) would never happen, could never happen.
is that you?
could you honestly imagine a different kind of country, where business and government run without corruption, where the wealth of the land is fairly shared, where people actively took responsibility to take care of each other instead of just trampling their way to the top as an accepted way of life? or does that sound stupid, naïve, an impossible hippie-dream? what if everyone who thought that was a actually a pretty good idea stood up in solidarity and forced a change? would you stand up?
if occupy does nothing else, it’s made people wonder that.
i’ve been shocked by the number of people (even pals of mine) who actually are trapped by the idea that things can’t - and won’t - get better…so “why fucking bother?”
that’s, sadly, exactly how greedy people in positions of power need you to think. it makes their jobs incredibly easy. "
Jetzt setzt sie dem Ganzen für mich noch eine Krone auf: Die letzen Wochen hat sie zumindest teilweise damit verbracht, an verschiedenen #occupy-Standorten zu singen, und sie schreibt mir aus dem Herzen:
" sometimes we forget that the world is absolutely fungible, morphable, re-creatable. we forget (maybe want to forget) that governments and systems topple ALL THE TIME, that human peoples have a habit of looking around, saying “nope, nope, don’t like this one bit” and gathering enough force, energy, and will to create a change. i’m sure at every single moment in history where a regime has seen a giant shift, there’s been those standing by, thinking that the impossible (change) would never happen, could never happen.
is that you?
could you honestly imagine a different kind of country, where business and government run without corruption, where the wealth of the land is fairly shared, where people actively took responsibility to take care of each other instead of just trampling their way to the top as an accepted way of life? or does that sound stupid, naïve, an impossible hippie-dream? what if everyone who thought that was a actually a pretty good idea stood up in solidarity and forced a change? would you stand up?
if occupy does nothing else, it’s made people wonder that.
i’ve been shocked by the number of people (even pals of mine) who actually are trapped by the idea that things can’t - and won’t - get better…so “why fucking bother?”
that’s, sadly, exactly how greedy people in positions of power need you to think. it makes their jobs incredibly easy. "
madove - 19. Nov, 11:49
