Occupy Underground

replace the word "bizarre" with "sinister" and that's where I'm at.
I still have some glowing embers of Hope buried in the Ashes of my old Faith in Democracy.
I truly believe that it is time for Human Civilization to evolve, but the logistics of how we get there from here sometimes brings me down.
Realistically, I don't see any chance of meaningful change , unless support is won from some faction of the wealthy Elites. Some of them must realize we are on a collision course with extinction. The rub is that you would have to convince them that the solution should not involve the marginalization( or outright extermination) of 99% of the population.
a Popular uprising might seem like the thing to do, but let's face it; most people who might hit the streets would be doing so to look for food, not freedom from tyranny . Probably less than 10% of those who post on DU would even consider any action to change to a more equitable system. Most still believe change can be affected from within. besides, such movements are easily hijacked. In fact, one might argue that they must be in order to achieve any significant change( usually just a "new boss, same as the old boss" ). Pick a country in Africa and see for yourself.
to be honest, my plan is to try to learn to live sustainably and try to just drop out of the system. If you don't need money, you cannot be enslaved by the system. That doesn't help my fellow man, but , hell, I'm just a middle-aged Autoworker. Trapped by my own foolish financial choices. Debt really is an effective form of Slavery.
And then , some days, I think that maybe the World isn't as far gone as I sometimes believe.

Hamster-wheel schizophrenia, I guess....