I read a book once

  There is a whole conversation here that I have been longing to have. There's so much on my mind. Isn't it strange that the  middle/lower classes are now the ones on the verge of revolt? We usually are quite content to have some minority that is being bullied and scapegoated, and we "get by". We are blessed...we always have been. Didn't matter if it was England or Australia or America, to be (especially white and ) working was a true "blessing" (hate that word). But this revolution isn't even about money or power...it's about knowledge. The middle/lower class is now More educated than anyone in power. And we aren't just fighting for "us". This isn't about color or station anymore. This fight is being picked up by pastors, lawyers, teachers, stay at home moms, artists, athletes. We fight for all who need books, education, identity. It is such an odd place to be, this cliff edge that we stand on...and the only solution is to keep feeding our youth the truth of the struggle. Not the truth of money or politics, but the human struggle. This is such an odd time in history I wonder what it will be called. We've had a great awakening, a renaissance, a dark age...but this is bleak. What we are surrounded with is so bleak. We are on the edge of the greatest knowledge and fighting such an ignorant opponent. And we never know who the enemy is. He could be any color, any religion.....Some days I just get so angry at the ignorance. And there is so much more my brain wants to know. What is it in the Matrix..the blue pill? Have I taken too many?
   I long for someone to wrestle this with me and help me understand...what has happened and where did we go wrong. I think it's all those years of feeling safe that did us in. Without education we are nowhere. Absolutely nowhere. What separates us from those that don't read, don't research...? What is the defining innate thing that makes us WANT to know? And why can we not teach others that deep nagging want is what salvages our soul at the end of the day?  Knowledge has to be wanted, to be craved. People who quote "facts" but never research the truth should never ever be trusted...so why do they run the country? Why do they run the world?  Where are the Plaits, the Tysons, the Sagans? Why do we not look to the sages to get the answers?
It doesn't matter how many books you have in your home. Unless you've opened one you are no smarter than anyone else ~Mama Shey.