My Purple Dreams

I just noticed that a lot of my friends joined this group on Facebook called "15,000,000 for lower gas prices." Then it made me wonder if civilians really have enough power to do such things.

I remember when I used to study every single page of the newspaper every morning. And I couldn't wait until I become a citizen so I can vote and make a difference with MY vote. But from one moment, I just got so tired of seeing all these ugly things in the news and not being able to do anything about it. So I stopped. And now everything that's happening in this world seems so irrelevant to me, although that's not how it should be.

Maybe I'm too cynical. I really wish I was naive enough to join a group like that believing that I can make a difference in this world. But I know things like that are impossible to happen. That is why I give that indifferent look when someone stops me on the street to sign some kind of petition. We call this a democratic society but in reality, there is not much we can do. And that is very, very very sad.