I've been following the several #Occupy movements that have sprung up on several cities around the world. It has make me wondered if such a movement could occur in any of the mayor cities of Mexico, to call for peace and to prompt politicians to take actions in the matters that most interest Mexican society.
Yet, I've some doubts that there will be any such movements at any city in Mexico.
Most of the people here are not that politically active. There is a view that any one that is politically active is not to be trusted. And, after 70 years in which most people came to expect that no mater what they did or said nothing come happened because our voices just wouldn't be heard. Things have slowly beginning to change, but most of the time when we rally we don't stay at it for long.
More are more people are becoming aware that they can do something to change how the system works, but we haven't gotten a critical mass as of yet. We need more people pressuring for change, and doing from several different points. Most importantly, there is a need for more people speaking up on what needs to be changed. The people at power wont do much if they don't see the need, if they don't feel the pressure to make the changes we want and need to move forward as a nation.
Also we need to understand that quicker these changes come, the quicker we are going to see the effects. If stall on them, or do nothing at all, those changes wont give the results we want and need.
Having a just and fair country is a shared responsibility between society and government. Neither can do it by itself. In a sense big changes come from small actions, but we all need to act together in order our small actions to sum up to be able to make the big change.
If you want change, do something. And if those actions don't bring the change you wanted, do things in a different way.
There is always a way out, we just need to figure out how to get there.
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