Kony 2012

Just watched the Kony 2012 video (if you havent seen it search Kony 2012) and i think that the ideas behind this are brilliant. Not because of what it is doing, but because of how it is doing it. They are making it so that we can have a revolution with out doing anything. What are the three things it asks you to do at the end? Sign a petition, wear a bracelet, and donate some money. These are all actions that can be done with out you having to change anything. The whole issue of why nothing has been done already comes down to the question of boredom or apathy. While apathy is the condition of not caring, bordom is just a slumber one can be roused from. This short doc takes the stance that we as a society have become apathetic. How can we stop Kony? Well you don't really have to do anything besides wear a bracelet, or sign a petition, or share the video. And that is exactly why the way that they are doing this is brilliant. They know that if they tried to do anything more extreme or caused people to be more daring than putting up a poster that no one would do it. This allows us to feel as though we are revolutionaries with out making us really do anything. Before people start reading this and interpret what I am  saying in the wrong way: No I am not saying what they are doing is a bad thing. No I am not defending Kony, he is a manipulative, vile, evil man who does indeed need to be stopped. I am simply commenting on the social commentary that this film brings up. Now that you have read my ramblings I want you to ask your self something. Apathy or Bordom? Even if you look at this in a broader prospective, there are so many problems that plague us right here in the U.S, problems that people constantly talk about. But why have we not done anything about it?

Apathy or Bordom?