Wednesday, March 23, 2011

"UNITED WE RISE"

Even if you don't care about politics please watch this video:



Who knew Charlie Chaplin had such an amazingly powerful voice. I can't believe he made that black and white film probably over half a century ago, but his words still hold true, now more than ever. I agree with everything he says in this video, but I am very skeptical that this dream would come to fruition. People are so narrow minded, everyone gets stuck in a little prideful niche and doesn't see the big picture.

I believe a lot of the problems today are from pride. People want to belong to an exclusive group, a gang, a political party, a religion, a nation, and they see people outside of their group as different from them, usually in a negative way. All of these divisions separate us from each other and we end up going backwards more than we do forwards.

Newer generations are always becoming more open minded which is great. They are certainly less racist which is awesome because it blows my mind that humans have been on the earth for how long? And we still can't get over the fact that people have different color skin. How much more immature can you get? If everyone was the same as you it would just be boring.

I love the part in the video at 3:45 where the kid shakes the soldiers hand along with everything Charlie says about being a soldier. I don't know why people would want to give their lives to go fight bureaucratic wars. It's such a waste, people think they are doing good for their country and protecting their family and friends when really it's a bullshit war fought for rich politicians. The US hasn't fought a war to defend our freedoms in a very long time. Hopefully we can get to the point that Charlie is describing, but I think we have a lot of money and pride to get rid of first.

15 comments:

  1. That video is... just awesome, he has a great voice, never heard it, and damn man... he's god damn right, strong pictures with it, it's sublime. I'm following you bro. Peace.

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  2. Nice video, I agree totally with you.

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  3. Amazing video, really touching. Thanks for showing it to me!

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  4. Great in ideals, and truly something all people should aspire to. Unfortunately, the world realistically isn't like that. Even on a molecular basis of the world, the individual is typically more concerned with him or herself than others. We've been taught to think like this from the day we were born; succeed in school to obtain a good job to support ourselves and be happy. Rarely are we taught to succeed in our pursuits of success to make others happy, to give others a better life. These instilled cultural and social ideals won't just fade away, sadly.

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  5. Thanks for sharing the vid and ur thoughts, i will be sure to be back for more awesome bloggin!

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  6. wow, that vid made me silent for a moment. Im following.

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  7. Charlie Chaplin was an awesome guy.

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  8. totally agree with what you said about groups. Groups and labels are what is bringing us down.

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  9. That's an amazing video, Charlie Chaplin in the background really makes the 'song'.

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  10. Cool vid. I'm glad you are sharing your thoughts with us.

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  11. Even though it might be a tad naive talking about an utopia it is still a goal worth closing in on.

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