Raising awareness
I suppose one golden rule towarths understanding. and tollerance is admiting your own ignorance. No one is perfect, no one knows all and you learn every day.
This morning an article about the Belgium labour union and a conversation with a colleague made me remember that when I started working in a factory picking musschrooms when I was 22, I didn't join the labour union there because i didn't knew what a labour union was. The woman who was in charge never told me what it was and when i asked them why they joined no one could tell me. they actualy reacted real scared when I told them I wasn't a member because they just thought it was obligated to be a member....
There I was, 22 years old, an annarchist for 10 years, against the system, against the queen, against the police, against the army....but no idea what a labour union was....
Instead of focussing on my own ignorance, I was just focusing on the ignorance of the woman who was representing the labour union. How stupid she was, not even knowing what she was representing.
The truth is, I was stupid to, because I didn't knew what a labour union was. We were both stupid, and young, and a little ignorant....
We really need to understand and educate the youth and ourselves for a brighter future. Ignorance is the key to everything wrong these days. How can you know people in other countries are being exploited and abused for the wealth of just a few if no one tells you? How can you know our food is unhealthy and full of poison if no one tells you? How can you know what a labour union is if no one tells you?
Raising awareness is still the key to changes. People who are not aware just don't know. Not that they don't want toknow, it's just...no one has told them...yet...So lets tell them!