And what exactly does getting arrested and fired accomplish? As they said we’ve got our families and future to worry about. We can’t just throw our lives away for no effect. I’d gladly take on hardships if it got Trump out of office but nothing I can think of to do would even move the needle towards that goal. We need political leaders to step up and lead the way and none of them are doing it.
Right now, the only serious hardship that I beat is that my empathy is assaulted by the injustices around me. If I were merely “enduring” as you suggest that I do, I wouldn’t even be here having this discussion.
I’m a CIS white male. The hardships haven’t come my way yet. I can do more from this position than I can if I decide to walk clumsily into a fight that I cannot win or even have any effect on. In this position I am able to better effect the outcome of my fellow humans by donating a good percentage of my pay to the local food pantry. Could I do that if I didn’t have a job? No, of course not I would be placing a significant additional burden on that same food pantry and also my relatives who would then have to house me because I wouldn’t be able to pay my mortgage.
I’ve also made personal sacrifices to make sure that local politics move in such a direction as to improve people’s lives. These are the things that we can do.
I have an understanding of strategic advantage. Do you?
Pretty sure a war is won because you endure the hardships, not because you avoid them. Just an fyi.
And what exactly does getting arrested and fired accomplish? As they said we’ve got our families and future to worry about. We can’t just throw our lives away for no effect. I’d gladly take on hardships if it got Trump out of office but nothing I can think of to do would even move the needle towards that goal. We need political leaders to step up and lead the way and none of them are doing it.
Right now, the only serious hardship that I beat is that my empathy is assaulted by the injustices around me. If I were merely “enduring” as you suggest that I do, I wouldn’t even be here having this discussion.
I’m a CIS white male. The hardships haven’t come my way yet. I can do more from this position than I can if I decide to walk clumsily into a fight that I cannot win or even have any effect on. In this position I am able to better effect the outcome of my fellow humans by donating a good percentage of my pay to the local food pantry. Could I do that if I didn’t have a job? No, of course not I would be placing a significant additional burden on that same food pantry and also my relatives who would then have to house me because I wouldn’t be able to pay my mortgage.
I’ve also made personal sacrifices to make sure that local politics move in such a direction as to improve people’s lives. These are the things that we can do.
I have an understanding of strategic advantage. Do you?