Fuck The Slaves of the Ordinary
By: Reuben Salsa
Tags: Salsa, The Bad Influence, Riots, Conformity, Revolution

THE BAD INFLUENCE PRESENTS

Fuck The Slaves of the Ordinary

It gets lonely sitting in the TBI office waiting for a revolution to happen. What’s the point of amassing an army and not getting them to act? Aren’t we all sick of 2020? The constant fight for change. Yet, here we still are and little seems to have changed.

I’m done with playing nice. I’ve had enough of the play-it-safers who write self-help bollocks in a constant stream of SEO flatulence. How much self-help can people read? How much do they fucking need? This platform is awash with this constant tide of fecal matter. Tell me what you get out of it? Do you nod, take note, and quickly forget as once again you’re submerged in the daily grind of life?

I’ve had enough of sleepwalking through this year. I want action. I want to INCITE YOUR FUCKING CREATIVITY! I want people to abandon convention and start swearing. I want people to finally begin an unconventional journey. I want to look back on my words and see that history is on my side. I want to know that I’ve provoked, shocked, and outraged you into action. I want to know that we’ve made people see the need for change in so many areas, and stop talking and bloody well do something.

Stand up and fight back. BE IMPRACTICAL.

You don’t need to read about self-awareness. You need to stop being scared. Stop being frightened of what others may think. Stop hiding your thoughts or opinions afraid of the crushing dog-piling mob.

“If you never try, you’ll go to the grave with your song still in you.” — Henry David Thoreau

We’re being sucked into a war of attrition with the demigods of boredom and cultural norms. We’re being made into placid citizens unable to move without a government-backed sanction. We’re losing our ability to think critically as we behave en masse as one cultural slob dancing to the fiddlers’ tune. It’s never too late to stand up and make your voice heard. Do You really want to be more valued as a consumer than a citizen?

Luck, fate, childhood environment, social privilege, all shape the person you are today. They all play their part and aren’t totally irrelevant to the whole story. But don’t let circumstances hold you back. Don’t stand there wagging your finger and behaving like this doesn’t affect you. The future affects you.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN FUTURE!

Our dissension gains attention. For better or worse. Luck will have little to do with the choices you make. Be daring. Be different. Be that mocking lunatic from the fringes. Be that fucking difference.

Challenging authority is rarely welcomed by the people who control access to wealth and power. The same applies to this platform. Your needy reassurance to the gods of Medium continues to line their pockets and blast out their safe message of conformity. And the more bollocks you read, the more it echoes back.

What can you do?

Join THE BAD INFLUENCE. Incite change. Tell your friends. Plaster our links all over your Facebook page. Make our voices count. Send them stories on your Twitter account. Make us ubiquitous across all platforms. Help us grow. Help us deliver dangerous ideas that challenge the safe perceptions of this reality.

We can’t do this without support.

We need you.

Spread the word…the revolution has begun.