Hey Mommy!!
I have been emailing everyone like crazy, and talking about this so often, and thinking about it almost nonstop. I think this is just so super important, though, that it is worth just getting it out there. I watched a movie last night about the Venezuelan revolution that is going on right now. I won't go into detail, but the point is it is SUPER exciting, and as we were watching... I just felt like I was slapped in the face with an obvious solution of how to run a country. It seemed so simple, so obvious, I didn't know why this idea was so revolutionary!
But it occurred to me that people get so used to the way things are that they don't even consider it, they don't even think about it. Well, I have always felt like my way of doing things and thinking about things was a little different from everyone else's, but I didn't think about it too much. And the point is, I think I have some ways of thinking about things which to me are obvious so I don't even bother talking about them, but it is occurring to me more and more every day that other people think differently than I do so maybe these ideas are NOT obvious to them.
So right now, my big thought is just thinking about people as people. I realized talking to Ben last night, who is a self-proclaimed communist, that he kept using really loaded and negative words when describing rich people and capitalists. While I strongly agree with the socialism ideals and am SUPER in love with the socialism that is arising in Venezuela, I think that by using slanted language to describe the other "side" is really detremental to getting the point accross. Not only the language, but the way you THINK of those people. And it occurred to me, there are people who actually buy into stereotypes, that is why they are so popular- but they are COMPLETELY unneccessary. It is one thing to have representatives from a group talk on behalf of the group, but even then people should realize that not everyone will agree with all of those representatives opinions. What I am getting at is that .. I have always been wary of stereotypes but saw the place that they serve. Now, I realize that they are completely irrelevant, and it is not necessary to think of people in those terms. I think a lot of the problems in the world stem from people forgetting that other people are still people, who think and work and eat and have feelings and valid ideas. So I think that by changing the way people are taught to think of others, that is how we can change the world.
And I am so excited about it!!
I hope you have had a lovely easter.
I love you Mommy!!
Rachie