So, I’m sorry for the nihlist rant earlier. I’m angry at myself that I can’t do more and I’ve crossed the line from idealism to reality as close as I’m comfortable to try to influence real change.. deep in the trenches rather than in the infrastructure.
Then again, I once took a political test a few months back. “Social anarchist” it came up as. I vote, Independently, but never hold much hope for political change in the USA as amounting to much. So, the result didn’t surprise me. Another test, less specific, put me at Centrist, right on the line to Left. Another put me over the line into Left but touching Center. So.. I don’t know if that explains anything.
It could simply be a case of Learned Helplessness on my part and perhaps it is wrong of me to discourage a political battle. My concern is usually for the Individual and not for groups of people. I don’t believe people can or should be grouped yet, someone always will and knowing how to work around being grouped by others while still remaining “yourself” is an important life mission for me, a coping skill I try to teach to anybody I come across, whenever it seems appropriate or needed.
So that’s my story smile emoticon