Last night I had a dream. The sky was crowded with UFO's floating slowly over the roof of my house and I was filled with joy as I watched them on the street. Because I *knew* in this dream that those UFO's were our brothers from space, co-operating with the esoteric white brotherhood who's protecting us from behind the scenes. Those brothers from space came to help us. They have techniques that are so much more evolved than ours. They know how to solve our huge problems with pollution.
And then i woke up, feeling pissed off that it was just a dream...

Oh, BTW, I'm not an aquarius but a taurus with uranus square my sun.

Hmm Exio, a politically charged question with a high potential for creating head butting..naughty naughty boy.

haha, issues of the "system" are near and dear to my heart. This is a very complex question because the system is made up of so many interconnected components..the political, personal, and interpersonal. I dont believe that it is possible to create utopia, but I do believe that we can do better than our current establishment. I use to have radical, revolutionary political views, but now I dont necessarily think that revolution..is actually that revolutionary. Power structures are altered, but the underlying reason, purpose, and focus of power is still formulaic. Differences are still utilized as a devise tactic, and unity for the purpose of reform is only a temporary armistice. I think Audre Lorde described this problems most accurately when saying: "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." A new way of defining ourselves personally, and within society must be addressed simultaneously with issues of political structure because the system is a binding of all elements within society..the intersectionality of oppression makes this necessary.

It is a very difficult task though, and a type of work that will not bare immediate fruit. I think systematic change is built up through time, with a change in society's philosophical foundations. The foundations of our current western ideas of society, our political structures, and even the way we define ourselves are based in the philosophies of the enlightenment (Descartes, Hobbes, Mills, Kant..etc.) The separation of mind/body. But interwoven into these philosophies are racist, misogynistic, and divisive ideology. There is obviously going to be problems when the foundational ideas that our society is built upon have these elements intrinsically integrated into them. I think new ways of envisioning the world, new philosophies will have to formulate to really overthrow the "system."

But in the meantime, revolution can be attained in our interpersonal relationships, and our relationships with ourselves. Everything large starts from something small. My work usually centers on providing access and resources to underserved communities. If you cant meet basic needs, then forget about anything else. The creation of sustainable social change is maximized through the construction of networks that provide access to tools for self-determination, in my opinion. I could go on and on forever about this..but I'll stop. Hopefully my rambling made sense. = /