Global Political Triage

[ineffabelle]

When I was in the military we were taught to shoot to wound, if possible.

This is so that you take two or more people out of the battle, the injured soldier, and those who attempt to help him. It's a horrible but effective tactic, using the enemy's humanity and empathy against them.

Of course knowing that, one learns to make a sort of Triage with regards to the wounded. Some can be easily helped, some can't be helped, and some of them it's a judgement call, weighing the risks.

And so it is in the Larger Battle.

We must continue to find our own joy somehow in life, despite the horrors, lest we become another casualty and take our own friends out of the game as well. Your responses to the ills of modern life must be tempered by this sort of judgement call, as sad as that is. We're not going to win them all.

But by keeping that in mind, we can win the war.

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That's good food for thought

[valdelane.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I'll do more harm or good by more frequently posting about the scary bills that are up for vote soon. If it motivates a few more consituents to call their congresscritters, good. But if I'm only adding to the despair... maybe I should just use that energy for activism in local meatspace anyway.