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 i agree... but really it's the enduring feeling of powerlessness that numbs me; i was much more active about this 15 years ago, getting outraged about one or other human rights violation or mass slaughter after another, posting about it on social media
hoping telling the world about it (eg sharing wikileaks Collateral Murder video) changes something
but it just hurts to confront myself with it constantly while it changes nothing, yes we know how by know awful humans can be to each other 😢 is that all there is
the people in charge just do what they've always done, they don't give a shit about protest, did the idealism that we live in a democracy give us the idea that we have anything to say about war?
maybe, all we can do is be thankful if we're not somewhere the bullets hit 
 Talking about it, spreading the facts and awareness is a healing process for ourselves. If we stop we start accumulating this atrocities and evil energy and playing dangerous games with the Dark Shadow. This can and possibly will destroy us from within. 
 I’ve had moments of indifference after feeling helpless to make impact over decades.
It dawned on me the other day   that I might not ever change shit except I can help influence my kids to see the world through eyes of people, to be kind and compassionate.
 
 Of course. You can save them by making them aware of the shadows of our psyche. Choosing to be silent is like accumulating all this evil not knowing you're doing it..untill one say it fuckin backfires. This will happen on massive global scale in future. Complicity and  denial comes with a huge price tag.