And so we have the change that we fought so hard for; a gigantic monumental
step towards the next phase of American evolution. The election of Barack Obama
is more than a victory for black people or for any racial subset. More than
anything else it was a triumph for the power of youth; for the voice of the
generation that has yet to make its mark on the face of America outside of pop
culture manifestation.
You can segment them with Generation X’s and Y’s and Next’s but this
generation (or group of them) has been defined by its underachievement and
apathy for anything non-immediate. Today
was the day that Generation Now got off its collective ass and voted against
the mortgaging of their future to preserve a present that has little regard for
their destiny.
Congratulations. Welcome to the first day of the New World Order. Not the
Illuminati world order but the real one. The one where you get out of the baby
seat and take the wheel of the street car named desire. The one where you vote; where you voice. The one where you
buy the politicians. The one where you
lobby. The one where you become aware of the way the world
works.
If nothing else, Barack Obama has shown you that there is strength in
numbers. That three million people with 100 dollars is even stronger than 10
people with 30 million. That a bundle of
that many branches are unbreakable. Not
by slander, not by hate, and not by negativity. The lesson you should take from
this historic event is the power of organization and the true force of
mobilization.
The lesson you should take is that if youth culture marshals their
forces and puts the resources behind them, there is no power on earth that can
withstand it.
These opportunities don’t come once in a lifetime. They don’t come once every four years. They
come daily. They come when corporations think that old white men in an office
can determine what is cool for you to consume. They come when your favorite
artist goes double wood while some cat who can’t spell is selling hundreds of
thousands of records.
You have been informed. You have
been shown the power of your collective voice on a macro level. Do not lose
sight of how to apply that on a micro level in your own lives. Your families,
your crew, your blocks are all there. Be a bundle not a branch.
Don’t surrender your power to apathy and laziness. Long Live Barack
Obama. Longer live the spirit of youth. You can do even more than this. Change
is like marriage. It’s not a destination it’s a journey. President elect
Obama’s… (wow) ascent is not the end but the beginning. The beginning of the
New World Order. Will you be the driving force, or will you continue the
mistakes of the previous world? This time you have a choice.