Close to Dystopia
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” Thomas Jefferson
This quote comes into my life at a turning point, when everything I once took for granted is challenged in the face of a corrupting force, and I couldn’t help being captivated by the pressure those words are having on my inner desire.
I am just your average introverted friend; slightly shy and too naïve to fit in any predefined characteristics, but I know what makes a good person and more than anything else, my ruling desire is to serve for a better collective future. Maybe this childish idealism is in conflict with the dominating reality and I won’t pretend it isn’t. The world is in fact, a distorted beauty and suffering is the product of a deeply rooted ego that define us physically within and without.
On the 1st of February, the day when the new parliament was supposed to be commenced, the Myanmar military/ Tatmadaw crashed this young dream and detained the democratic president. Amid the dawning of the new democratic phase the country longed for, they suddenly announced a state of emergency after claiming widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Despite the lack of…
