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Questioning Indifference and Apathy

This poem sharply questions how “indifference” and “apathy” can erode social order and create fertile ground for the abuse of power. As suggested by the opening quotation, these human tendencies allow evil to take root and grow. The poem urges us not to turn away from reality, but to think critically, make informed judgments, and raise our voices. It is a warning that calls upon each individual to take responsibility as an active guardian of democracy.

  

“Questioning Indifference and Apathy”

 

“Indifference is the root of disorder.

Human apathy is the fertile soil

in which evil takes root and grows.”

—from The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

 

If we remain indifferent, we fall into the hands of those in power.

We must keep watchful eyes upon them.

We must not agree so easily.

We must not obey so lightly.

We must guard ourselves against subjugation.

 

If we are apathetic, we play into their designs.

We must not turn away from harsh realities.

We must not accept unjust disparities.

We must not condone unfair bias.

We must not crush the seeds of criticism that resist blind obedience.

 

Cunning and evil seeds are sown.

We must not let them grow in fertile soil.

We must not feed them with resignation and compromise.

We must not allow neglect and indifference to flow unchecked.

We must not yield to the pressure to conform.

 

Indifference is the greatest ally of oppressive power.

Apathy is the environment that sustains rigid systems.

Truth is distorted, inconvenient facts concealed.

Justice is reduced to falsehood, sophistry prevails.

There is a foreboding that what must never happen is beginning.

 

We must not let democracy become hollow.

Let us break free from indifference and resist apathy.

Let us deepen our thought and cultivate sound judgment.

Let us express our own will without yielding.

Let us illuminate the path of humanity

and fulfill our responsibility to the generations to come.

 

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