But. . . there has to be SOMETHING I could have done.
There was. You voted against Bush. Quite frankly, right there that is something you did. It didn't work (more's the pity) but you did it.
You have also been speaking out against Bush, and that is another something. Again, it has not had any measureable effect, but you did it. And do it. And keep doing it.
There is a difference between, "Have I done everything I can be reasonably expected to do?" and "Have I done everything that is even remotely within my power to do?" and an even bigger difference bwteeen those two and, "If I had the power of prophecy, what could I have done to either prevent this or mitigate the worst of it?"
I bring up the last one because that's what you're asking yourself in the last several paragraphs, and it is a completely unfair question. You are not expected to have superpowers, no matter how much you want to have them. k?
There are a lot of us who wish this entire boondoggle never started in the first place, but there really are limits on what we are able to do about it. Curse this lack of superpowers...
No single person can move the world alone, but a single person can lead many people to do it together. This is a great strength, and right now it is also a crucial weakness because it's what's keeping the mess going.
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There was.
You voted against Bush. Quite frankly, right there that is something you did. It didn't work (more's the pity) but you did it.
You have also been speaking out against Bush, and that is another something. Again, it has not had any measureable effect, but you did it. And do it. And keep doing it.
There is a difference between, "Have I done everything I can be reasonably expected to do?" and "Have I done everything that is even remotely within my power to do?" and an even bigger difference bwteeen those two and, "If I had the power of prophecy, what could I have done to either prevent this or mitigate the worst of it?"
I bring up the last one because that's what you're asking yourself in the last several paragraphs, and it is a completely unfair question. You are not expected to have superpowers, no matter how much you want to have them. k?
There are a lot of us who wish this entire boondoggle never started in the first place, but there really are limits on what we are able to do about it. Curse this lack of superpowers...
No single person can move the world alone, but a single person can lead many people to do it together. This is a great strength, and right now it is also a crucial weakness because it's what's keeping the mess going.