A cosy office. A good salary. A state to watch over and an obligation to care about it.
The end in mind, the greater goal, the long-term prospect of our Nation, our country, the interest of the mass population. Let’s churn out predictive social research and take them as Gospel, then formulate policies automatically so that we may attempt to seem like we are serving the people. It’s based on facts and statistics alright. Given these assumptions and these numbers I think we are in the right direction. Cherry-picking this data set or making up one to substantiate my claim, I take another step in my agenda.
I sound like a lovely politician you’d want as a representative, wouldn’t I?
No. This is why we don’t trust higher authorities. They don’t feel human enough, they don’t feel relatable enough, and it is often easy to get stuck in the abstract ideas of one’s head and not act in the welfare of the people one has influence over.
The larger the population you have influence over, the worse it gets. More diversity means higher chances of leaving more people behind. Yet, they get hit by every policy the government throws into their face. Meanwhile in the office? The policians don’t feel the same impact. A bill, a process to push and pass it, some fancy speeches and an easy time ignoring the small, soft minority. Hush…
This is why we need to give individuals a voice. This is where the internet comes in. Each individual in a developed country is empowered with a say online. Every netizen gets a chance to educate others about their perspective of the world, or the circumstance of their life. We get to know better about each other as humans, and better our understanding of this world. It gets better. It sure does. With every fight for right, with every protest. With every post on the internet raising the attention of issues, from #MeToo to environmental activism. Every issue and concern gets a chance to be raise, a chance to be brought to the attention of those who may not notice it, a chance to be discussed, a chance for the affected people to band together and proclaim “This is it, we’ve had enough of this. Let’s do better.” and push forth real action.
We do live in a privileged era, and the onus is always on us to utilise this privilege. Stand up for yourself or stand up for others. Just stand for something. Afterall, as the character Alexander Hamilton coos in the musical named after him, “If you stand for nothing, Burr, what do you fall for?”
Even if we aren’t the ones directly affected by the issues, we, as internet users have the power to educate themselves and then bring the issue to due attention, with due respect to both the nuance of the issue and its effect on people. It’s in these individuals clicking the like or share button, incrementing the like or share count by one by one until the post gets blown up by the social media algorithms. We either better a system or we find a way to make the best out of it. There is so much that we can do.
So here’s an open letter to fellow readers, go forth, learn more about people and this world we live in. Reach out to people and learn more about their experiences or the flaws of the world that they see. See if you can see from their point of view, then help them get their points across as you push forth your own. I admit we can never understand each other, just as we can never fully understand our own selves either. What we can do is to keep on striving, towards the goal of getting better. It’s not about reaching the perfect end. It’s all about knowing that the next day you get to wake up with hope, knowing that the world is better and that you’ve put in effort to make it better. That you deserve the goodness this world has to offer you. We don’t need to hope for a system that aims to serve us to do so. We can serve ourselves well, and it is worth doing so since we are stuck with our own selves for as long as we exist. Our life is the system that we get to make the best out of. So is this world.
There is so much worth fighting for. Maybe someday, at some corner of the internet, we may meet. Then, I raise my glass, cheers to a better world.
For liberty. For humans. For progress.
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