by Unknown | 11/09/2008 05:00:00 AM
"It's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair. So we keep on waiting, waiting on the world to change" -- John Mayer
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -- Barack Obama
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -- Barack Obama
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Ahistoricality on 11/10/2008 3:17 PM:
I hadn't run across it before. My immediate reaction is similar to Ross's but some of the lyrics (I've only listened once) suggest to me something more like Max Planck's dictum: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents, but rather because its opponents die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
There is a generational rhythm to change, the slow social shifts that result from millions of people living their own lives according to their own values rather than revolutionary or movement pressures. It's not passive, but it's quiet.
I've always hated that song. It's basically telling everyone, and especially young people, "It's okay to be apathetic and self absorbed. Just wait for someone else to do the work for you."