a dream speech

 My friends, my equals-I have a dream that we can all perceive each other as one, no matter of status or wealth. That our society won’t have to be divided into the unaffected and those who have to brawl for less than half of what others earn. That developing generations won’t have to fit in the mould that social hierarchy forces each and every one of us in based on our ancestors’ positions. The further we let this divide segregate us, the less we can live as a community. Why should I even bear children if they have to live through the lugubrious toil that this system provides? Do you want to wait out our impending doom or make a change?

 

The time is now, my friends. This brutal ideaology has infested what used to be a society of man vs life-it has disintegrated our morals into merely man vs man. The poor grapple desperately in order to feed families, relentlessly rending each other to shreds in order to survive. The rich never have enough, either-they take advantage of both their luxuries and others’ suffering. The inequality that plagues our society creates an imbalance in the scale of justice-the wealthy see themselves as ‘higher’ than others, while the poor see themselves as inadequate even if they possess twice the smarts or personality. Whatever sufferings humanity experiences, the desolate are hit the hardest while the most the wealthy receive is a minor graze. Is this a fate the so-called ‘smartest animal of Earth’ should live out until extinction, even if it is easily solvable?

 

At the end of the day, aren’t we all the same? No matter our position, we are all victims of death. No one is safe from illness, no one is safe from grief-this is how we are equal in the eyes of the Grim Reaper. Yet the rich are seen as godlike merely for having more figures in their bank accounts. They can spare a few dollars and be seen as saviours-while the poor can give their lives and merely be seen as ‘doing their duty’. Wouldn’t we all live in peace not seeing the unfortunate try to wrestle themselves out of an bottomless pit, while the rich can cluelessly dismiss them from their thrones above? If we could all be on level ground, we could truly see from each others’ perspectives. There would be no divide.

So, as we all share a common thing-the brain-let’s put our heads together and find the source of this problem. After all, it’s how we find a solution. All this suffering, all this turmoil can be traced to one thing. Ignorance. The wealthy are ignorant of just how much the poor suffer-it’s as if sparing a few dollars will make up for all their troubles. Even the desolate are ignorant. If they stop seeing the rich as a separate species and truly realise their potential and the rights they deserve, they could be spurred on to make a change. Yet you all seem content staying in your places, letting this injustice roam free. Educate each other! Educate the young! Educate the rich, the poor, the needy, the intelligent-when it comes to problems like this, everyone is struck dumb on fixing it. Because that’s the issue. To fix the problem of segregation, we need to band together.

 

Will our children be able to grow up in a world where they feel surrounded by like-minded people? Will we be able to die peacefully knowing that we have righted things, that we can look from friend to friend and human to human? It starts with us, or it’ll never start. The time is now, my dear friends. Let’s right our wrongs.