I survived generation X

It's all bullshit, what they told us when we were kids... that we could be and do anything. They put these ideas in our heads and then they just crush our dreams and stomp all over us. Treat us like disposable human garbage. Not even recyclable. It's unacceptable and I'm pretty pissed off about it. They kept us growing up on lies and vacant promises. All they do is take and take... they're bleeding us dry and the saddest part is that we're letting them do this. We let them crush our dreams, murder our hopes and treat us like crap. And we keep going back for more. Why? It's taught to us in school... at a very young age - respect for our elders and our leaders; but what happens when our elders get Alzheimer and our leaders can't lead why can't we stand and speak up? media... media is in the elders' and leaders' pockets. so basically... we're all screwed either way. Damned if we do, and damned if we don't. If we do speak up, media spins it as if we're crazy, delusional, psychopaths, sociopaths, drug-abusers, criminals. If we don't speak up, we keep living these miserable lives we're dealt, not by providence or fate like they would have you believe now, but by them - our so-called leaders. They say WE as a people chose them. I never chose to be laid off so that they could make ROOM for someone else; I never chose to be discriminated by the way I look; I never chose to be pushed aside and bullied (and this, heck if I know the reason!). I never chose... because I don't believe in choosing the lesser of two evils. In this case, we have plenty of evil to choose from: I don't even know how many political parties Portugal has. It's a breeding ground for political parties. They grow and spring up like fungi. Then, they feast on tax-payers like LEECHES! If this really is a fucking democracy why is it that politicians don't get cut-backs like the rest of the people? Why is the fucking President not getting a normal salary but getting paid his pension? Does that mean that he is President but he doesn't work? I though Presidents were elected BY the people and FOR the people... guess I got that shit wrong too. Maybe I should have paid more attention while I was at the idiot factory... and everyone knows that by idiot factory I mean school. Schools are the biggest jokes! It's like all the politicians are restraining education, they held knowledge captive because they're afraid that children might out-smart them. But I tell you, even the biggest idiot on Earth would out-smart Portuguese politicians! That's for sure! They keep whining that they were once the biggest empire and blah blah blah! But when you ask them how they lost such empire they all go quiet of a sudden. Why is that? I guess they missed that History lesson, or maybe were even deprived of it. Everybody loves to blow wind out of their asses, and the Portuguese are no exception. But what I've seen lately is starting to piss me off... I see children crying, hungry. Some of them are discouraged because they're crammed in a small classroom with 28 or 29 other kids and can't learn. I see teachers that really don't give a shit and just sit there, paycheck, to paycheck... they get to their job late even though they live across the street and still can't be bothered to run (well, they do run - to the cafe to have breakfast). I see homeless people going though garbage looking for their next meal. I see our best writers forgotten and slowly dying on shelves... All that knowledge, gone. I'm scared for my son. He won't have the good teachers I had to teach him how to think for himself and form his own opinions. That will have to be my job, which I'll gladly take on, if he lets me. Because... you know... teenagers never listen to parents. All this is going on right here, every day, and I see it. It's depressing... such potential thrown down the drain. Why? Politicians... and their "You scratch my back, I scratch your back" politics. There's an urgent need for a change, even the smallest change can make a difference. But I don't see anyone doing anything. There is no revolution. Why? Why aren't people taking any of this seriously? That is what I don't understand... are their minds so fucked up by TV that they can't muster up one last cry for Revolution? I guess so... Sad... And nobody does anything. Nobody gives a shit. They all just go about their business as usual lives until one day they keel over and die. shit! I'm sick of this. I cringe at the very thought that most of my old high-school classmates have a seat at city council meetings making decisions, important decisions... spending tax-payer money. And we're home watching wheel of fortune (not me, I hate that show and I never watch TV - but my mom does; she loves that show) or some sort of stupid fucking soap-opera. Keep on going down that path... do nothing. And you'll end up laid off like me because you don't fit or dress the norm and you're position is needed for a "friend of a friend" who isn't even qualified for the job. Good one, Portugal!