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Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love.
Our addiction of choice is technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our
currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society
of choice is utopian, though we know it will never be. You may hate us. You
may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our
existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would
never judge you. We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not
drug addicts. We are not naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal
village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself. We
are The Massive. One Massive. We were first drawn by the sound. From far
away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother’s
heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring.
We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and
darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the
darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and
passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we
could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to
push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing
us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing
the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can,
for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of
the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these initial
realizations that each of us was truly born. We continue to pack our bodies
into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you’ve abandoned and left for naught,
and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in
it’s purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces,
we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have
been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our
inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you’ve put
on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that
you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born.
Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to
stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible.
Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops,
and run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat
from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of
nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to
close our minds, instead of open them. Until the sun rises to burn our eyes
by revealing the distopian reality of a world you’ve created for us, we dance
fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our
culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance,
Unity, Harmony, _Expression, Responsibility and Respect. Our enemy of choice
is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is
breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to
stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down
any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country
or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire
party. You don’t have access to that switch, no matter what you may think.
The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will
never end. I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.
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Our addiction of choice is technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our
currency of choice is knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society
of choice is utopian, though we know it will never be. You may hate us. You
may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our
existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would
never judge you. We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not
drug addicts. We are not naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal
village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself. We
are The Massive. One Massive. We were first drawn by the sound. From far
away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother’s
heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring.
We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and
darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the
darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and
passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we
could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to
push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing
us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing
the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can,
for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of
the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these initial
realizations that each of us was truly born. We continue to pack our bodies
into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you’ve abandoned and left for naught,
and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in
it’s purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces,
we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have
been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our
inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you’ve put
on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that
you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born.
Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to
stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible.
Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops,
and run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat
from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of
nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to
close our minds, instead of open them. Until the sun rises to burn our eyes
by revealing the distopian reality of a world you’ve created for us, we dance
fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our
culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance,
Unity, Harmony, _Expression, Responsibility and Respect. Our enemy of choice
is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is
breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to
stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down
any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country
or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire
party. You don’t have access to that switch, no matter what you may think.
The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will
never end. I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.
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