The people need Saints.

I recently finished the video game Saints Row the third, and Assassin's Creed Revelations. There's a common theme,Leadership,rising to a position of power to lead men and follow them. The assassins sought world peace though a secret order that fights to keep the world powers in check. Through the series they across the modern world inspiring people to challenge the standards governments sanctioned. Masyaf, Syria where the Hashashins were stationed after going underground. Then to Italy to battle the first steps of corruption in church and state. Finishing off in Constantinople at the height of the Ottoman empire. I'm beginning to feel like the people don't have that voice. They didn't then and the only time they ever did was around the 1700's when a group decided tyranny had worn out it's welcome. for centuries since 1776 we've been slowly handing over power. until the people were once again handled by its government.
In Saints Row the lead character is head of a gang (the Saints)who has built an empire in a large city coming from a small hood called saints row. After eliminating all the other gangs in Stillwater, bringing down the controlling company that was secretly running them. Corruption had bled the police force dry. The huge conglomerate Ultor controlled shops, thew local real estate even the public office itself. Throughout the struggle money keeps people looking the other way and supporting the wrong side of the fight. Although the Saints have typical motives that drive gangs money and control, they're cause is a lesser of two evils. After destroying Ultor's reigns of Stillwater, Conflict arises in a similarly crime stricken city Steelport. The major gangs in this new city are collaborating working together to run Steelport and looking to expand their kingdom to Stillwater and inadvertently bring the fire of the of the gang turned pop culture idols raining on the Gotham-like city. These united gangs called themselves the syndicate, and after methodically dismantling them the saints rule the city keeping the people safe and bringing in more money than imaginable.

Even in Batman knows that a collapsing city needs a needs a focus to save it. When joined together in masses people can build, support and resurrect civilizations. Here the people need something they can stand behind America has fallen from grace. They've clung to false idols, the church, alcohol, slavery, women's rights and politics. politics were the most recent because only recently has it been so controlled. We vote an 3 years later nothing has changed. We celebrate democracy we do not have. We have become Stillwater, we have become Steelport, 1400's Rome and Gotham. The crimes are organized and above the law. We elect people to control where our money goes instead of deciding ourselves. Symbols and faces ideas and gangs, the revolution has to start some where and the people need saints to follow, or we're all going down in a flaming plane.

I use to say look to the skies for a sign, for a signal to make your move. Now I'm telling you to look for saints. A saint is an exceptional person, one who rises above all expectations of what a person can be. A saint's purpose is to lead others to become more like them and in turn a society toward perfection. L4S

What I needed in a mentor

I've always had trouble finding role models I have very high standards for what I want out of myself so I expeact a role model to exceeds those.  I always look to superhero comic book characters and action movie saviors. But as I'm trying to find a path I've at least got someone who can provide a little direction. My cousin Amanda and I have recently come into contact and its been really nice to go through her with some of my thoughts. About school and life in general. She's not too much older only 24 but she's seen alot more than I have in an academic sense. I'm really struggling with my path right now trying to pick a direction and trying to find out which choices are going to get me to where I want to be.

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