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I'm a bald head Samsonite Rastafari with a liking for politics, media, sociology, psychology, economics, ganja and other topics.
What you'll read here are usually posts analyzing the world around me through a Gestalt lens. The picture is clearer when you look at the whole thing, rather than just the flower in the foreground. Join(t) me and read about a world of interconnected problems and possible solutions! And of course, random rantings and weed.
Why America feels good when they donate to poor African kids, while turning a blind eye to drone attacks, oil spills, predatory fishing, nuclear waste dumping, and fresh water thievery in the same continent.
Can I tell you how elated I am to find out that our law makers are deciding whether or not to introduce crucial legislation partially based on whether or not their 12 yr old kid asks them about? If I knew that was the case I’d have started lobbying Middle Schools ages ago! Seriously, what annoys me about this is that while our lawmakers legislate based on what popular, “safe” fads they see trending on Twitter, serious, decades deep issues at home are constantly overlooked or ignored. Simply because the flaws in legislation that disproportionately criminalize and incarcerate minorities in the United States aren’t as sexy (or as easy to throw money at and forget about it in two days) as being the poster child/white man’s burden advocate for African War Orphans doesn’t mean these problems are not just as serious or life altering for the people they affect. How about we fix up our own house before we try and be the cash-tossing white blessing for nations we barely understand?
Kony 2012 is like the new humanitarian fad.
As pessimistic as this sounds, I can’t lie. It’s funny people want to jump on the humanitarian caring bandwagon when you get a few edited photos and cool catchphrases. But soooo few people actually want to bother when it’s about fixing or even bringing to light the real problems that allow Konys to exist in the first place.
You can always tell because (depending on your “friends”) it’s the one that people on Facebook start posting/caring about.
