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Wise advice, but at the end of the day no one is really happy to make ant steps when a select few are capable of bending the world to their will like a cheap st

• balabaster 13y ago
  Yes but if enough people stand up and make a noise, they can change the world... Just one example, though there are others: It took very few people to start the drive to abolish slavery, if they'd sat around thinking "what's the point, I'm just one person, I can't make a difference," where would we be? I realise that many people like their status quo, with nobody really paying them any attention. They have a comfortable life, they don't rock the boat too much, they play by the rules... or at least don't leave any tangible evidence of not playing by the rules... or bribe the right people to look the other way. But I think it's every person's responsibility to stand up and vote for what they believe in. People abstaining from voting and not standing up and rocking the boat when it needs to be done are part of the problem, not part of the solution. If people want to effect change, they've got to participate, and if you don't have enough people participating to challenge the status quo, then nothing will change, ever. It is every citizen's responsibility to do what it takes to be informed and actively make informed decisions that will lead humanity forward.