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Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy.
Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is
technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our currency of
choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society
of choice is utopian though we know it will never be. You may
hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may
be unaware of our existence. We can only hope you do not care
to judge us, because we would never judge you. We are not criminals.
We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not
naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal village that
transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself.
We are The Massive. One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound. From far
away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to
a mother's heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel,
and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and
there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to
accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and
to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing
through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz
we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward,
pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies,
and our spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us
to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable
joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for
one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution
of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these
initial realizations that each of us was truly born.
We continue to pack our bodies into clubs,
or warehouses, or buildings you've abandoned and left for naught,
and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing,
vibrant life in it's purest, most intense, most hedonistic form.
In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the
burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize
and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and
free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you've put on
us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming
that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment
we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells
us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest
and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even
tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run
through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells
us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed
us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands.
Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open
them.
Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing
the distopian reality of a world you've created for us, we dance
fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our
life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace,
Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility
and Respect.
Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon
of choice is information. Our crime of choice is breaking and
challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place
to stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while
you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in any
given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful
planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don't
have access to that switch, no matter what you may think. The
music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party
will never end.
I am a raver,
and this is my manifesto.
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