We're not "Hippies". We Just Want a Better Earth.

In my 13th post, No Such Thing As Superman, I had originally intended to use the song "Primo Victoria" by Van Canto as my song example.

After watching it in the context of the post, I decided that such a song could be interpreted as the wrong type of inspiration. What I take from the song, is that to achieve our goal, or our happiness, sometimes we must go through heartbreak and terror to get there. "Through the gates of hell, as we make our way to heaven ... aiming for heaven, though serving in hell victory's ours..." More of a personal battle.

Unfortunately the song has a lot to do with war, and the glories of victory over our enemies. The might of the righteous and trained human.

I feel like Flobots, has a much more obviously positive message. It's not that they preach hippy tree-hugging, don't use paper, stop driving cars, so on. At least that's not what I take from it.

They ask to stop wars. Stop greed. So much of the technology to save the planet is tied up by corporations trying to dominate the economy. Money, money, money. Our planet is dying faster than it should because oil moguls make decisions based on their own craving for affluence. All we ask is that as people use the planet's resources, we try and find less harmful ways to do so. Attempting to develop alternate fuel sources, installing low-flow and grey water toilets, these sorts of things. Some of them aren't even expensive: composting, recycling, community outreach and volunteering. It's not about throwing red paint on the people dressed in fur. It's about saving the planet for our children and making the environment that we live in safer and healthier.