https://medium.com/@AmericanPublicU/drowning-child-scenario-exposes-moral-hypocrisy-part-i-4b308e36b1d5

https://medium.com/@AmericanPublicU/drowning-child-scenario-exposes-moral-hypocrisy-part-ii-257e1e9e5475

i cant function anymore the knowledege that my life is obnjectively worst for everyone else because i consume so many resources fucks with my head i dont wan tto spend my entire life slaving for moral purposes but i know its right i dont know what to do i think im having some kind of mental breakdown

  • D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    (There was a show that ended a handful of years ago called "The Good Life Place" The story arc of the second (?) season was this.)

    In a world in which you are an infinitely small thing with no power to change the systems that you live within, by yourself. You can acknowledge that the system is fucked and that it forces you to be culpable in harm to someone/somewhere/somewhen and also give yourself permission to not beat yourself up over it.

    Do what you can, when you can, as best as you can. Its all that can be reasonably expected of you or any of us, really.

    Edited: Because my brain is silly.

      • D61 [any]
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        2 years ago

        Man oh man is my malfunctioning brain playing jokes on me again. Yes... yes it is.