Murrmurr
SF VIP
- Location
- Sacramento, California
I have freedoms that people in other parts of the world don't. And when I see 20 un-helmeted guys on one bicycle someplace in Mexico, or thousands riding on the roof of a train in India, I know some parts of the world have personal freedoms that I don't have.
But as I get older and part of a smaller, less powerful demographic, I think of how the youth in countries like Germany and Russia were used to popularize political changes that they didn't fully understand and that had deadly outcomes they couldn't have predicted or even perceived of. I can imagine frail, elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese, Vietnamese, and others back in the 20s, 30s and 40s shaking their heads in resignation, knowing the fate of their country and their grandchildren's future is bleak.
But as I get older and part of a smaller, less powerful demographic, I think of how the youth in countries like Germany and Russia were used to popularize political changes that they didn't fully understand and that had deadly outcomes they couldn't have predicted or even perceived of. I can imagine frail, elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese, Vietnamese, and others back in the 20s, 30s and 40s shaking their heads in resignation, knowing the fate of their country and their grandchildren's future is bleak.