I have to say, that kind of cyncism makes me real sad. I left my crappy hometown thinking that I can somehow save the country, and hold on dearly to the hope that one day I will.
I figure that the only way we are fucked is we all give up on it. The more people that get involved to keep people accountable and tell them to smarten the hell up, the better. Much like a computer is only as smart as the person operating it, a political system is only as awesome as the people participating (or refusing to participate in it), no?
< / end cheesy sentimentalism >
It's what gets me through my day. I've been working on Parliament Hill since I got to Ottawa.
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Date: 2008-01-21 03:01 am (UTC)I figure that the only way we are fucked is we all give up on it. The more people that get involved to keep people accountable and tell them to smarten the hell up, the better. Much like a computer is only as smart as the person operating it, a political system is only as awesome as the people participating (or refusing to participate in it), no?
< / end cheesy sentimentalism >
It's what gets me through my day. I've been working on Parliament Hill since I got to Ottawa.