The New Chaos and the Student’s Debt to Society

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” 

― Mario Savio, December 2, 1964

The New Chaos is what comes next. The old order is dying, the rotted corpse of capitalism no longer necromancible. The ruling cult of wealth blasts static into the airwaves, trying to deafen the billions of voices which cry out. They have sent their goon Trump to terrorize the dreams of children for a generation, to make families afraid and divide communities. All in a vain attempt to preserve this ugly corpse. It will not work.

Trump stands between us and rest of the ruling cult. Trump screams from every channel, over all of the Earth- Reality TV has broken the 4th wall and we stand on the wrong side of the glass, astonished. He is not un-presidential because he fails to act as a president ought to, but because he proves that all presidents are fake. He scares the leaders of the world because they see that they are no more legitimate than Trump, that the American people must surely tire of him sooner or later, and with this comes a democratic uprising that will spread through the internet to every corner of the Earth. The New Chaos is the alchemy of the internet, but instead of turning lead into gold, the objective of the New Chaos is to manifest reality from images.

December, 2017

I. Evogenesis

America! America!

repeated history

has brought us here

and made it clear

we must change everything

we wake up again outside eden

God is gone and the tree is dead

oh does this feel like the end to you

or could it be the start of something new

there might be no more time, but I still believe

we could save the world, if we really tried 

if one mind wakes up inside the machine

and one voice speaks out there is still hope for humanity

II. context

what’s made in america these days?

fear and ignorance, apathy and rage

everyone knows that all the news is fake

and we can’t stand it no more

whatever happened to the American dream?

I think it finally died in 2016

I didn’t want to vote but I knew that I should

but the lesser of evils will never be good

it’s time to take this country in a new direction

turn off their reality and create our own

the dreams in our heads can become the world

who owns the world these days?

who controls the elections and funds the campaigns?

both of the parties serve the same masters

and the illusion of democracy is merely a distraction

we are the 99% and power ought to come from our informed consent

if this is tyranny, we ought to protest

it’s the Right of the People

to alter or abolish the Government

we have the power to prevent our destruction

reject their divisions and unite with our neighbors

and they can’t sell the future if we all refuse to buy it

III. end times love song

revolutions come and revolutions go

that’s all the history we know

but maybe this time it’s different

if we’re really all connected

we could send a message to the system

that will never be forgotten

the old world must die

so the new one can survive

free the information

let the people see the truth

what if the internet was a place where we could all be free

everyone is with you all the time now

but I’m still afraid that I am missing out.

force a confrontation with the system

free the information let the people see the truth

what if everyone could hear each other

after so many generations repeating history?

What if my message gets intercepted

we are not just images

but if we are, we are beautiful

temporary consciousness

inhabiting our bodies

it’s so lovely and strange

to be here with you

do you think there’s a soul inside

or are we just a mind?

IV. myself

We can only change ourselves

but our actions effect everyone else in the world

when power is involved, the personal becomes political

I can never explain myself

I feel a bit different from everyone else

But you say that you feel the same

Is anyone else listening?

I was 22 in 2016

with a differently abled body and mind

V. the overwhelming question

can we evolve? can I evolve? If I know myself, and everyone knows themselves, can we evolve?

so good to be able bodied

we’re so young

and waiting for nothing

There’s nowhere left on Earth

for us to run to now

we might as well stay right where we are

and stand our ground

VI. call for revolution

Occupy Again!

Rise up, students of America!

Occupy Again!

question authority and challenge corruption!

the student’s debt to society is to understand

so we can imagine the future

we’re learning all the time I’d like to see them try

 to take away my education

what would happen if we didn’t repay them?

Occupy Again!

What would happen if we showed up in Washington?

Occupy Again!

Our debt is their problem

all the money on earth wouldn’t be enough

to satisfy the

If the students march, the world will march

but we’re so young

The people in power will erase our voices,

if we stay silent we get what they’ve decided.

don’t pay your student loans

drone strike the white house, build

free the information let the people see the truth

let the market crash and the bankers go to jail

we’re so young

and waiting for nothing

we’re so young and we’ve gotta stop waiting for something

the world is never going to change unless we change it

if money is imaginary why can’t we help everybody

I hope my life makes the future better for everyone after me

VII. something new

from Syria

to Standing Rock

from Ferguson

to Palestine

from Flint michigan

and back again

to the suburbs

and college towns

the people see the truth

in real time

on the internet

from across the world

we know it’s time

for something new

we play a part

in everything

that’s done to those

with less than us

if we refuse to buy

or participate

the system will

destroy itself

the lesser evil

will never be

good enough

to save the world

it’s up to you and me

to think ahead

and create the future in which

we’d like to live

we know it’s time for something new

if we speak our minds it could be real

we create the world with our thoughts

and we must refuse to let our minds be bought                 

don’t we all want the same things?