Change is a slogan for the status quo

Change is not specific. Change is not even an illusion of specificity, except in a binary oppositional context. And the binary oppositional context is what most troubles me about contemporary politics, about contemporary media coverage, about contemporary thinking.

Free will is not a choice between A and B. Free will is a choice between a million letters, and beyond that a choice between a million alphabets including ones we can create ourselves. Change makes sense as a slogan if you believe problems only have two answers, or if you believe we are currently in the worst of all possible worlds.

I’ll be voting for a specific hope tomorrow, a hope that we can transcend the perpetual binary opposition, a hope that we can join together in seeking new solutions and new ways forward, a hope that we can free our hearts and free our minds and thereby free ourselves. I’ll be voting for a changed world where change is not a slogan. I hope you will too.