Individualism is all of our greatest asset.  Each human is unique.  We all look, speak, sound, smell, feel and act differently than everyone else on the planet. We are not zebras that all appear the same, so why do we act like pack animals?  Why is it that people flock like geese to try and stay like the rest of the gaggle? 

We live in arguably the most free period of human thought ever.  Yet somehow no one seems to care.  Inquisitive thought is no longer persecuted as it once was, so why then does no one think on their own?  Is it thanks to the fact that once something is no longer taboo it ceases to be interesting? A good example of this point is underage drinking, would it be so prevalent in the United States if the drinking age were lowered to 18? whose to say? Perhaps because Americans can now postulate whatever they want that deters them from questioning anything at all.  

Everyone is on Facebook, Everyone is on Twitter, and Everyone does everything the same.  Everyone has to go to high school, nearly everyone chooses to go to college, and to what end? Go to College or University and all the proffesors will stress the importance of “getting a job”.  Get a Job! What happened to adventure capatilism?  Why arent they telling us to go out start a business and make people work for US?!?  Are we willing to be such drones, do we ever question why we get up every morning to carry out the same routines? Apparently the answer is no, maybe its that we do not care, or maybe it is that we do not know.  

It seems silly to look back on the past nostalgically and think they had it better, yet we all do it.  Somehow we think free will peaked in the 1960s and that the world is still hungover from the hippies and beatniks binges.  The truth is so scary to us.  Personal freedoms are at an all time high but it seems the only folks willing to fight for them are on the fringe.  Instead of willing ourselves to break out and try new experiences the majority of the population seems content to be fed right into the machinery of economy.  It is a machine because it functions efficiently and without hesitation.  Yet like any machine it can be BROKEN! Let us break out of shopping malls and college campuses, lets never go back to a starbucks or wal-mart, lets leave Las Vegas and go into the desert. 

Of course, who is listening, who cares and who wants to be different.  It is much easier to follow a crowd than to lead one. It is much more difficult to stand out.  I do not stress standing out however, only standing on your own two feet.  Everyone would be much more content if they did everything they wanted.  To me this is not anarchy but honesty.  If we could all simply be ourselves and not care about the consequences then no consequences would occur.  Walk through lawns and spit on the sidewalk.  Practice Civil Disobedience!  

Who is remembered in history other than individuals who strayed from the beaten path? Not saying we can all hope to have our names endure throughout the ages but at least in the common memory of family.  Honestly it is sad to see so many suckers in suits.  Is there no hope of people living for themselves? All i can stress is individuality, it is what makes me…me! All i can hope is that after reading this you will think, i need to climb a mountain.