Civil Disobediance in 2061

Greetings Readers,

My name is Gaby Martinez and as Jennifer Pino has stated, I too am enrolled in Jenny Hicks' class. After reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E.Butler, I have given much thought of the future of humanity. I thought it was scary giving our future in 50 years life because having knowledge of how the government has divided humanity and given people titles such as black, poor, white, rich; you know that the government controls all the important choices in our society- sometimes making choices the people think are good, and sometimes otherwise. I live by the theory that the government does not tell us the truth that is going on behind our backs, and eventually their actions will screw us - the people- over. We live by a bunch of lies that our government is telling us. I know for a fact that we will still have democratic government in the United States in the year 2061. Therefore, it makes me wonder how much more the government will oppress people from knowing the truth? How will the people continue the legacy of civil disobedience, and will it do any good at that point?

Yesterday the bolded headline on the news read "Osama Bin Laden is Dead", today they read "Obama: Bin Laden had support network", in 2061 they may read "2061 Aliens threaten the United States". Bin Laden's death did not have to be made such a big deal, but sadley our society needs a grand catchy headline to pity on. That's just how our government has chosen to run the lives of the people. But, there are people in our society who have chosen to uprise and take a stand on certain factors of our lives. Henry David Therou decided to take a stand on simplicity by demonstrating to the world that people did not need to live with all the material offered by the city, so he lived in a shack in the woods until he was incarserated. Finally, when he was bailed out by Ralph Waldo Emerson he explained that every human being has the natural right to protest certain laws by the act of nonviolent disobediance. To this day many people practice civil disobediance, especially in Los Angeles- one of the United States' largest cities. It is said, that civil disobediance is one of the best ways to solve some of the political issues our society faces, but from what I have read in the Parable of the Sower our tomorrow is a dystopia, and the problems created in Los Angeles county are too severe to be easily solved with civil disobedience.

In the year 2061, civil disobediance has become a lost cause and people in urban societies such as Los Angeles no longer have a voice. Our government has hidden so much from us that it can no longer function because to function it needs a strong voice from the people and a strong force holding it together. In other words, our society needs strong and smart leaders that know what they are doing. But since our society has decided to have leaders that take a voice on pity news such as Bin Laden's death and not great news such as government help in South and East Los Angeles then we the people do not have such a strong future insight. Until we resolve the question of where the problems lies today, will we have an approximate answer of where we may be in 2061. Though scary, in 2061 civil disobidience may only have it's spotlight in history books and not in the present acts of people. Without civil disobedience our city will fall apart not knowing where the people are and who its true leaders are.

Thank you for your time!