Caring Too Much, Burning Out, and Angry at a Broken System—What Now?

[BlueOak]

11 hours ago, BlueOak said:

How involved in politics are you?

The reason I ask this, is because:

This is you evolving this particular pattern past stage green - its painful but its necessary and you'll either drop it from you as unnecessary or get more involved in politics if it's you. A lot of times we do things because we consider the world outside of ourselves; it isn't, it is us. And when we realise this, by the painful understanding that all this you hate is also you, it trims away a lot of the excess baggage you are carrying. (And all the emotion you are suffering too)

In real terms the choice is you get more involved in this pattern directly realising and focusing on that part of you, or you drop it for the reasons you now understand: You will never control the world from the outside in. 

Unless you have a political influence of some kind you are small, you are one in a billion. So that choice comes to you. Step into this fully or be okay with that. - But Static and Stuck *You are as static or stuck as you want to be.

All the best.

Edited August 2 by BlueOak

[martin_malin]

Trump might just be your savior (he's kinda become mine). Can you accept that he's a man in need of healing? Can you feel genuine concern for him?  If you could, your anger would dissolve. That love your ennemy shit actually works. 

 

[BlueOak]

2 hours ago, martin_malin said:

Trump might just be your savior (he's kinda become mine). Can you accept that he's a man in need of healing? Can you feel genuine concern for him?  If you could, your anger would dissolve. That love your ennemy shit actually works. 

 

Love is the highest goal of all beings on planet earth
So you could love Hard Kill's reaction here for example.

Love doesn't mean you start wanting, agreeing with, or condoning it, or you stop trying to make a better life for yourself or others. You realise Trump (that part of yourself) needs healing, for example. So any actions taken could reflect that.

[zazen]

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 04:18 AM by zazen

[WonderSeeker]

I feel you. I tried giving a shit about the welfare of America from 2020 up to about last month.

Kept giving the U.S. a chance, getting straight A's college, starting a biz, and trying to meet genuine people. It all lead to 60k in debt, failed businesses, and dating psychopaths. (Yes, I know some of these problems are partially my own fault, but let's focus on the American system for now).

Disillusionment is saving me personally. Now I'm doing inner work (trauma release) and moving to Asia. Why? Asia is gonna be the winner of the 21st century, while the U.S. collapses. Plus, people there are so much nicer and take care of each other better. I've been there and seen it, experienced it close-up. Even though in some ways they're at slightly lower spiral stages, they're more stable and have a healthy style of community. And if you're a guy, the women there are lightyears ahead of here (not stuck-up like 80% here). And yes, I'm aware that this sounds red-pilled or whatever it's called. But this is just my experience being age 27 and having tried A TON of different things from living in multiple cities, travelling, approaching 100s of people, dating, starting a biz, working tons of different jobs in a variety of industries, joining different communities, making new friends, etc.

It might take more time for you, or maybe you will carve a niche for yourself here. I dunno. But for me America has been like a toxic relationship with a psychopath; and having experience in this, there's only two options: leave or kick them the fuck out. And since you can't kick a country out, I'm leaving. I have no stake in this place anymore, it's a shithole.

[DocWatts]

Trying to change the trajectory of national politics as an individual is a recipe for burn out.

When nothing you do is enough, you do what you can.

So my suggestion is to pick one issue (or set of related issues) you care about that you can engage with locally in your city and state, and then find your organizing home.

That could be collecting signatures for a ballot initiative, canvasing for a progressive candidate in your state, getting money out of politics, becoming a voting member of your local Democratic Party or DSA, organizing and attending protests, advocating on behalf of immigrants, or being on ICE watch. Unless you truly live in bumblefuck-nowhere, odds are high that you'll be able to finding something worthwhile to lend your time and energy to within your city, county, and state. In short - find a way to help people who share your values and concerns acquire Institutional Power on a local and state level, so that they can wield it in constructive ways.

Finding your local chapter of Indivisible is a great way to find out which organizations are doing what in your home state.

As Individuals, we can't do much to affect politics on a national scale. As networks of communities pursuing a long term strategy we can do a lot.

American fascism was built methodically over 50 years through participation in school boards and local radio stations and city councils and state governments. But the flip side is that if the far-right can do that, we can too.

Edited Sunday at 03:23 PM by DocWatts