Manifesto (Muhammad Aziz)

In the article “Manifesto” by George Saunders, the author comments on the vices in our society. Specifically, how peopel tend to prefer violence and extreme methods to send across a message or simply, just ot get rid of their frustration. The author discusses a demonstration his organization held in order to illustrate that perhaps the easiest way to not spread violence is simply by not doing anything that would hurt anyone. The demonstration was held in four phases: in the first no one was beheaded; in the second one, no bombs or any type of sexual assault was commited; in the third one, no planes were sunk; in the fourth one, any type of explosives were prevented from exploding; in the fifth and the last one, no abuse, whatsoever, took place. This was just to show the audience that despite the hardship that everyone face in their lives, its best to refrain from violence to deal with it because there is always a better and much more peaceful way of finding a solution.