Americans Can Still do Awesome Things for the World

It seems to be the consensus that America has little left to do in its future before its inevitable demise. While America may not be able to do much more for the world, Americans still can.

Forget America. Whatever America was, it is dead. But Americans still exist. By "American" I mean those who still have a glimmer of hope, as well as a vague recollection of whatever this idea of America was. Those who still hold on to a dream that all people are equal, and that we all can have the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those who still think they can bring a child into this world, and there still be a world left for those children who will inherit this world from us. Those people are Americans, and they still live strong. They are the 99% (the 99ers, if you will). America is dead. Americans live.

Americans can still do absolutely awesome things for the world... STILL! What have Americans done lately to deserve this utmost respect from me? They have inspired the world. They have given the world a voice again. We have once again stood on the side of the oppressed, the sick, the poor, the hungry, the tired, and the weak. And the world has joined Americans in a global (and unprecedented) uprising to express how we all feel, not as nations, but as the people of a tiny blue planet spiraling about a small, insignificant, yellow star amongst billions in a secluded corner of a galaxy (which we so happen to call "home").

The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread, not only throughout the States, but throughout the world. This is no longer a fringe movement. Far from it. This has sprung up in Tokyo, Italy, France, London, South Africa, Australia... you name it. The entire world is joining in on this movement against being oppressed by corruption of power and money. And Americans started it all! Albeit, I would like to give credit to the Arab Spring, which I think was the predecessor to Occupy Wall Street. At the very least, Americans only strengthened what the Arab Spring started, which became viral in the course of a month.

This isn't just about the amazing things Americans can still do. This is about the amazing things people of the world can do. And we, as a the inhabitants of this small rock we call Earth, our home, are freaking awesome! My hat is off to, not just Americans, but to the people of the world who have and are still standing against all those who oppress.

Remember Reagan's dream about aliens coming to Earth to destroy us? And then the people of the world unite to stand against extermination? Yes, like in the movie Independence Day. And, yes, Reagan actually talked about this. Well, this Occupy the World movement makes Reagan's dream look like some real wussy stuff. We don't need the treat of aliens from another planet to make us unite. We just need the threat of the despots and oligarchs amongst us to cause us to rise up.

I have said it before, and I will say it again : this is far from over.

"And at last the time has come, to unite again as one to the power of the Earth."
~Dream Theater

The spread of Occupy Protests across the globe (October 15th)