I posted this before, but it seems relevant here. Not doing anything is also bad for my mental health. Organizing is probably the right answer.
There is a brutal man with a gun, controlling and threatening a group of good citizens with consciences. He’s going to do terrible things to them, and make them do terrible things themselves.
They have him outnumbered, but he has the gun. If they rush him, they can easily defeat him. But, the first one or two or three or four people to move forward will be shot and probably die painfully. Going first is going to cost a terrible price and you don’t know for sure that anyone else will follow you, that your sacrifice will be for anything at all.
You feel a little paralyzed and at the same time ashamed you are just standing there.
The Bastille was stormed by mostly women that couldn’t take it anymore.
The men inside the prison probably thought they would die there. They probably thought whatever action landed them there was for nothing and they were doomed to rot.
You don’t know the full effects of your actions until long after. Do your best to make the world a better place. Organize, connect with your friends, family, and neighbors. “The revolution” is not a single event that saves us all. The women that stormed the prison didn’t know they were going to overthrow the I government.
We all have to do our best to care for each other.
I posted this before, but it seems relevant here. Not doing anything is also bad for my mental health. Organizing is probably the right answer.
There is a brutal man with a gun, controlling and threatening a group of good citizens with consciences. He’s going to do terrible things to them, and make them do terrible things themselves.
They have him outnumbered, but he has the gun. If they rush him, they can easily defeat him. But, the first one or two or three or four people to move forward will be shot and probably die painfully. Going first is going to cost a terrible price and you don’t know for sure that anyone else will follow you, that your sacrifice will be for anything at all.
You feel a little paralyzed and at the same time ashamed you are just standing there.
What happens next?
The Bastille was stormed by mostly women that couldn’t take it anymore.
The men inside the prison probably thought they would die there. They probably thought whatever action landed them there was for nothing and they were doomed to rot.
You don’t know the full effects of your actions until long after. Do your best to make the world a better place. Organize, connect with your friends, family, and neighbors. “The revolution” is not a single event that saves us all. The women that stormed the prison didn’t know they were going to overthrow the I government.
We all have to do our best to care for each other.