Reply #11: Believe, I am doing all those things [View All]

[meganmonkey]

For example, I got arrested last month in front of the White House for civil disobedience along with almost 400 other people - in fact I used what little vacation time I have at work to do so, and I am participating in a local group in a small town who demonstrates weekly and will be having a special anti-war event soon to honor the 2000 dead US troops...Not to mention calling and writing my Senators (one of whom is Carl Levin, thank goodness) and my Congressman almost weekly.

I understand that part of it - I am doing everything I can personally do at this point in my life (because unfortunately I can't retire at 31 and become a full-time activist, and believe me I would if I could).

NO ONE IS LISTENING TO US. I don't know what else to do. I don't know how to make other people participate. I can't force them to :shrug:

I am personally at a loss.

It feels hopeless, and there is a part of me that thinks everything I do is a waste of my time and resources, because they will not listen. I am not violent and I refuse to go that route. I would rather die, or leave the country.

This does not mean I will stop doing what I am doing, I am picking up the pace because there seems to be no choice, and if I don't have faith that my actions will help I will lose my shit completely. But part of me knows I am just deluding myself.

What would you do? What else can I do?

:cry: