Henry Rollins' Letter to a Young American (Part 2)

http://bigthink.com/

Henry Rollins advises the youth to take a heroic stance in these turbulent times.

Directed / Produced by
Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd

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[lazybones9688]

he knows his shit. id trust him as a president

[Epeolatry1]

Someone needs to write this down, because I think it will be remembered in history in the future.

[William Jones]

Like Henry says, "be good."

[Peter McCollum]

So if you are bigger, if you are smarter, and if you have a better idea... go out there and out-do Henry. He won't be mad. He will be happy you went for it. But if you are going to hurl oranges from the sidelines, you have made a pact to be one of the heads stepped upon, as opposed to being the one doing the stepping.

[fishbowl4202]

How's the economy gonna get better Henry? I do respect the man and his band, I'm a bit of a punk myself, but he is not an economist or social scientist, he has problems recognizing race and other privileges, focuses on class which is good but sometimes at the cost of other understandings

[Kris Hedman]

Hero

[cabocasper]

I love Henry Rollins but why did he as others have in Big Think omit sexism when expressing the repression of people such as racism homophobia. This is paramount to healthy society.

[Sumgai]

Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Malaysia (some parts), Indonesia (some parts), Singapore.

Anywhere where people have social mobility and relative national wealth.

But you're screwed if you're from a third world country like rural China, Africa, or parts of India. I talked to an Indian masters degree holder and he said that educated people don't really earn much there.

"Oh, you're a masters in computer engineering? Sorry, you don't make the cut today, you're fired. We've got five more applying."

[Guyfr0msweden]

can this pleeeaaase be applied to people from other parts of the world than the US?

[darkbunglex]

Look what GeordieeBoyy said Rollins has no talent" Amonst some crude insults. Your right right he is not a troll he is just an idiot. What GeordieeBoyy does not realise is how fucking much better Rollins is doing than him and all the while "with no talent". That is what makes him special by his own admission. I would say he does have talent, the talent to succeed wherever he want. Thats amazing

[snoopy stonecold]

henry rollins is my hero