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The sun is out, I ran 7 miles or so<\/a> (11.5km) and things just are moving today. This is the first day I recall where it was really sunny. The clouds are still kissing the very peak of Somma, I will find out soon, but I assume that is a Winter-long embrace between the two.
\nMeanwhile, the rumor is the Circumvesuviana (light commuter rail service from Napoli to the Vesuvius area) is on strike today. I am waiting for confirmation of that, I will never in my life cross a picket-line. I don’t care what the reason, I don’t care what I miss out on, I will never do it. Right or wrong, I will always stand on the side of working people, their struggle is my struggle. I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it, white, black, christian, muslim, gay, straight, whoever you are, whatever you do, most people have the same concerns: water, food, shelter, clothing, safety. These are basic rights, they are for everyone no matter what. The very least we should do is guarantee these things for every living being on the planet. We fail miserably in that our system intentionally fails, our system is inherently cruel, unfair, and inequitable.
\nI don’t want to get preachy today, I had such a good day yesterday, but my last class had me thinking about this. The fact is that we have a system that values things that have no value, save for a man-made concept of “value” and we intentionally discourage the things that do have value. We say we encourage the arts, exploration, discovery, innovation. But we stifle these things if they challenge the status quo in any way. I postpone them until we find a way to monetize them, or we suppress them completely, and never let these things see the light of day. It’s so strange, it’s alien to me that we would go about our lives in this manner. Turning a blind eye to the reality that we hold ourselves back, because we are taught to value money and things over true experiences and the reality of life itself.
\nAlright, getting down off the soap box. Who doesn’t love a good, sturdy soap box though? Sometimes you just have to use your voice. Which is the other thing that got me going on this today, that song came on my mp3 player whilst on my beautiful run through Somma (and a little Sant’Anastasia) today!
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