“Will you survive, yeah/ In the fire when the wind is blowing?"
There is a “virus” called freedom and it’s spreading like a forest fire.
Starting at the roots in the hearts and minds of the people
It spreads, slowly at first through word of mouth
It picks up speed as internet connections, wi-fi signals; social network sites and web enabled phones transmit the message across the globe.
Here I sit at my home computer, and I read about Egypt and Libya and other places in the “middle east” fighting for freedom.
What would the founding fathers think of these new revolutionaries today?
Did the Age of Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke and Russo have any clue what they were getting the world into?
Did the creators of the internet and social networking sites realize just what kind of ideas they were helping people to share?
Freedom is spreading like a wild fire.
No longer able to be contained by those in power
For them the end is drawing nearer.
“Ah, there is a train and it runs by my room
And the train is called reality
And it's coming way too soon
Way too soon for a guy
Who is living on the lies
Looking for the short cut
And the secrets to survive”
Diversity which once divided the people now unites them as they cry out for change. The fire of freedom now burns within them.
“And there are forces to guide you
Spirits beside you
Rivers to ride you home to the stars
And there are forces to guide you
Spirits beside you
Rivers to ride you home to the stars”
Reach for the stars and find your way to a Democratic home.
author's note: quotations from singer/songwriter John Stewart
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