Lebron or Kobe

It is crazy how eager we are to engage in debates about Kobe and Lebron but are strangely silent on issues of real importance. As college students are smothered under the weight of oppressive student debt silence lingers. As the American government seems content on moving to war with Iran our collective attention is turned towards the trivial. This is not to say that I do not engage in conversations of triviality. I will argue about whose better Lebron or Kobe, Kobe but I am partial to Lebron for hours on end. No, the issue is how this becomes the only thing we seem legitimately passionate about. Not systemic oppression or the vicious truth that the American dream is becoming less achievable by the day or that millions are suffering at the hands of our foreign policies that are fashioned by war profiteers who are intent on global domination. It is these realities that should compel us to converse for hours on end. It is these issues that should occupy our Facebook walls. Sadly, it is only when we are willing to engage in debates, about strategies in regards to dealing with oppression and injustice, with the fervor that we argue about our favorite players that change will be possible. Let's Get Free!