In the community in which we live, people have to face a lot of obstacles their entire life. It is almost impossible that everything goes smoothly. So the government can interact with people and what they believe in. In the "The Future Is Yours (Still)," (1987) the author Abbie Hoffman discusses how he and 11 others fought in a district court in Massachusetts. They, all 12, were charged with trespassing when protesting against the fact that the CIA look for new members at the University of Massachusetts. Hoffman states young people should not give up hopes and they should join in democracy, and that young people can change the future with the participation. I partially disagree with the idea of making young people join public protest they may not follow the right cause and also they might get hurt, but at the same time the young have to change the future.
First, being young today is not an easy task since the world is constantly changing with all the progresses. In addition so many things are going on that at some point we do not really know what is happening. Hoffman was trying to raise the attention and thinking that it was his place to tell the truth from the society and he engaged young people to do same thing just like what he did to show the participation. However, we need to realize that so many information are going on. My point is that our generation learns from the social medias mostly and sometimes they do not know what is really happening. We all click "Like" on a face nook page because 1M people are doing the same. The generation is more is full of followers so the young have no clue of what to fight for. Comparing the early society, most young people know the thing from the book and what their parents have told. These ideas always come from the elders and the early generation. They have much experience and they know how this could benefit them but today it is completely different.
