Epoch

How long does it take to change?
Will we ever look further than our own lifetimes? Or will we constantly leave our mistakes to be corrected by further generations?
Our selfish outlook essentially means that as much as we want to change or know that it is the right thing to do, we would rather carry on regardless. Maybe because we are content in our own lives or scared of the possible changes that lie ahead. It is time to stand up come together and be heard, and if no one is prepared to listen it should be our aim and goal to make people realise that as a group we can come together and force change. The recent student protests in London show that it is possible to bring large groups of people together, and in the majority of cases in a peaceful manner. Although it must be said that the few which caused damage to buildings were not intending to hurt anyone, even an employee at the conservative HQ admitted live on BBC news that no one was being threatened, the protesters just wanted to march into the building and put their views across. They feel that no one listens to them, by standing outside of the building shows that they have a particular view but does not mean they are being listened to, in fact chances are that either way nothing will be done. I take this pessimistic view for the same reason that nothing was done when nearly 1 million people marched against the war in Iraq, in this case it was 50,000 our government needs to start listening to the people otherwise in my view protest will again become ever more frequent and more violent. I do not advocate violence but our nature prescribes that we will fight, the more threatened people feel and the more they are ignored will lead inevitably to further confrontation. 
We do not have time to sit back and watch our governments destroy hope for the next generations, we must change individually, nationally and globally before there is no way back.