SO WHAT IS THE ‘WHY REVOLUTION?’

The why revolution campaign is a personal and social movement looking at creating a more cohesive and harmonious society. Its aim is to encourage individuals to initiate positive social change by first re-evaluate their own behaviours and the way that they interact with those around them. Put simply, the main aim of the why revolution is to make the world a better place.

So what reason is there for a movement like this? I realise that the above statement sounds vague and almost impossible to achieve. So I will explain a little more. We are living in a world that has a multitude of problems; many of them have been caused by selfishness and greed. The idea of the Why Revolution is to create a network of people who are both religious and non-religious, who simply have a desire to live good, thoughtful lives.

The why revolution would represent an utter rejection of the self-serving attitudes of  our parents which caused the economic down turn, and caused us to pay £9000 a year to get  a degree. We tried the riots, and found that it had little effect. But if we work hard, to change people’s hearts and minds, by spreading the word, talking to people, networking, and trying to teach people about the values of the why revolution, we might reach, if not the rich of today, then perhaps the rich people of tomorrow, if not the politicians of today, then maybe those of the future . The main aim of this movement is to re-enforce and encourage people, especially the young (who are more likely to listen) to have more of a social conscience.

Becoming a member of the why revolution involves examining your conscience, and trying to decide how you could become a better person yourself, before you try and help anyone else. Basically the message behind the Michael Jackson song ‘Man in the Mirror’.

 One of the primary functions of the why revolution is to create a more cohesive society, and to encourage people to work together for common goals, as afore mentioned. One important goal is to create rapport between people who are spiritual, but may or may not believe in God. Contradictory as the idea of ‘spiritual atheism’ might sound, just because someone does not believe in a deity of any sort, does not mean that they can’t have an innate love of their fellow man, their spirituality comes from the human spirit. For too long have people seen those of different religions, or no religion seen each other as the enemy. For the world to move forward, people who are truly and genuinely spiritual need to stop seeing each other’s views as wrong, but just as different, and need to make a commitment to each other to stop judging, and to start working together. This is the way forward for mankind, not the see their religion or belief system as ‘the right one’ (even if they believe that science proves it is) but to see beyond that, to realise that we are still arguing is part of what is holding us back. There is nothing wrong with intellectual debate, but there is everything wrong with people who could, if they worked together, create a better society being stopped, or feeling that they don’t want to work with certain people because ‘they don’t believe in my God’ or ‘they follow a cult’.

THE WHY REVOLUTION MANIFESTO

We, the children are sick. Sick of the selfish society that we live in. Sick of a society where the only way we can get the education that we want is if we in debt ourselves for decades to people we have never met. Sick of the way we feel compelled to buy more and more because
we are told that it will make us happy. Sick of the way that the things we turn to for entertainment make us feel more and more insecure about ourselves. Society has been ruled for too long by a small, powerful, and rich elite who tell us they are acting in our interest, yet continue to make themselves ever richer and more powerful, to the detriment of everybody else; the poor, the sick, the young, and the very old. We have been lied to for so long, about so many things, and it's time we started doing something about it. Because we, the children, have had enough.

We are living in a world where more and more of us hunger after fame, yet those who find it often then find themselves quite alone, looked up to by all, but treated as an equal by none. Those who seek riches work harder and harder to achieve them, then find that they the long
hours, and stress have separated them from the people they love the most. We take exams that promise us success, yet we often find that the highly paid jobs we get as a result are the ones that bring our governments the most taxes, not the most happiness for ourselves.

We need to start looking at the world with different eyes. We all need to start thinking seriously about the kind of place we want the world of the 21st century, and beyond, to be. And If the way the world is going, is not the way we want it to continue, we need to act now. We need to stop buying things we don't really need, stop reading so many celebrity magazines, and start asking questions. Sooner or later the people in authority will have to listen to us, if there are enough voices, we will make ourselves heard.

2012 is supposed to be a year of change, a year in which something big happens to all of us. But instead of sitting and waiting for something to happen, like we have sat and waited for the powerful people in society to tell us what to do, we will make change happen ourselves.
We have the power to make 2012 the first year of the future that we want, one where people learn to co-operate more, to stop desperately seeking things like fame and money, that don't really matter. We will take control of our own lives, but use them to improve the lives of
others. If we all do the same we can turn around the mess that our parents and grandparents
have created, if we all try and see things for what they truly are.

It's not going to be easy persuading the world to change, but it can be done, if we work together.