Allow me to play devil's advocate for a moment. While I'm also one to avoid watching the news and have pretty much completely muted it for my own sanity, I have to disagree that money is the only way to change things. The underlying problem is that we have stopped caring, and we also suffer from the worst case of bystander apathy. Sending "thoughts and prayers", signing petitions, and clicking "like" has become our way of feeling like we did something. As long as someone else is carrying the weight, why should we? And as long as it hasn't happened to our family or someone we love, why should we care? What we don't realize is that there is power behind our voices. If we CARED enough, we could make change. And no amount of money could stop a powerful movement that is led by people who deeply believe in the cause for which they're fighting. The media and government has beaten us down to a point where we've lost hope in the possibility of change. That's what they want because it's how they maintain control. It's all psychological, and until we figure that out and actually do something about it we'll be stuck in the same vicious cycle.
RE: Afternoon Vlog - Trying to stay positive during these depressing times..