@sj

as long as they do something about it

what you're describing, if it leads to cynicism and acceptance, is somewhat worse in many respects to being an outright fool

at least a fool has action in their repertoire

seeing the truth is not good enough

it has to be paired with a will to act

we live in a world with too many people who see the truth, and do nothing

and blind fools who know only lies, working hard to destroy our world

wisdom *must* be paired with action

@benroyce @sj

Good one from John Stuart Mill:

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”

@bytebro @sj

voting is all the action that is needed

but voting rates among the young are abysmal

voting is a responsibility and to not #vote means being an accessory to the worst of whoever wins an election. nonvoters, in my eyes, forfeit the right to complain about anything in politics

there is no such thing as detaching from the vote and absolving yourself of the sins of govt

that's not how reality works

there is no escape from the effects, so there is no absolution from participation

@paninid @benroyce @bytebro @sj

"If you choose not to decide...you still have made a choice"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urBpdyFCZmo

and yeah you own whatever happens too

@pixelpusher220 @paninid @bytebro @sj

there's a word for someone who abstains from the #vote and imagines this absolves them from the evils in the world:

entitlement

foolish, self-defeating, delusional entitlement

they imagine they live in a secluded ivory tower, and they sneer at us in the mud struggling far below. even if we're fighting for better. better isn't good enough. perfection is their standard

the ivory tower is an illusion. a psychological defense mechanism. that doesn't work