With all due respect, you're going to be waiting a long fucking time

It's funny how sometimes certain lyrics will set off a thought process. This happened recently when I heard the (relatively) new John Mayer track.

I couldn't help thinking that this was perhaps logical, but unlikely thinking. Yes, in time, people from our generation will be running things, but won't those people, in fact, be hand-picked and groomed by the current establishment? While I would totally agree that there are many times fewer people that agree with the current establishment in our age group, I can't help but imagine that when choosing successors, they are likely to stand out to those making the decisions.

Yes, I know this is a bleak outlook. I'm sorry. But the idea that we can passively wait until things do change, imho, is basically a crock.

I spent a surprising amount of time this summer listening to a guy in the band expounding the virtues of anarchy, and while that might be a bit extreme, I can't help but admit that he may have been on to something.