To what extent is there tendency within some or all of us whereby we think there are many wrongs in the world to be fixed and that various imperfect means to making things at least a little better are beneath us?
To what extent is there a tendency to dismiss a remedy because we think it does not go far enough, even though we have no alternative remedy, and may end up doing nothing to address the problem.
To what extent have you observed an attitude among some would-be or formerly politically involved people such that they or we end up withdrawing and doing very little to address problems, even though we might express radical ideas about what’s wrong with the world and about how to fix it?
If there is nothing better going on, why not get involved with modest efforts to address social and ecological problems?
If we have a radical critique of society, why not develop ways to put those ideas into practice, and where we don’t have the means to do that, why not help out with less radical efforts, in the meantime ?
This is related to the ideas in Humility: doing small good things is better than doing big bad things
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