Fuck the Fourth of July

What has it given to oppressed people in the United States besides new forms of domination?

I hold these truths to be unstoppable: that all human beings are created equal, that all human beings share the same rights and needs, and that human rights and needs should be given and protected by society.

The rights are first when it comes to shaping human experience: life, freedom, and love. To secure these rights, society should be created to include and accept everyone. There's no reason racism needs to exist. Sexism, ableism, queerphobia, human discrimination of all forms are unnecessary for a healthy society to exist. Simply put, all humans are human beings. Difference amongst human beings should not be punished the way it is in this society, where your your skin color determines your income and your sex determines the quality of your education. (Vice versa is true as well.)

The needs are physiological: clean water, food, air, shelter, clothing, education, medical care, and temperature regulation (as our climate changes, the need for creating safe climates will only increase). There is a deep inequality around the world when it comes to which humans have their needs and which don't. First World countries take what is not theirs through force. A new society should restore the balance forcefully-- work as hard and skillfully as it can to equalizing humanity, which includes commitment. Our society should pursue the best ways to live life, be free, and love wholeheartedly for centuries.

Speaking personally for a moment, 

I often find myself mad at the world around me because it doesn't match the world I think we should be living in. I was born in New York City, arguably one of the most progressive places in the world, but starting from that level made me see how much further we could go. I think that's why I would be considered radical. I'm only going more extreme from the extreme I started at, but I can't help it.

I am the present. My radical, unrealistic, futuristic views are happening right fucking now. And if I'm really the future, then this society is DEFINITELY not built to support that. It wasn't designed to last, and that literally reflects in the products we make: fast fashion, iPhones and other electronic devices, all that single-use stuff. I'm not trying to be killed by society. That actually seems counterproductive to what society should be doing... We should be creating things that help us live in the future. Social structures should be as supportive as possible, and I think this is an idea separate from the "Democratic" view of American government. On a deeper level, the whole of Western society sucks and needs to be changed.  ​