After getting off from school, I talked to my mom about intersectionality which went on to talk about what’s happening in the border patrol stuff in Texas with my Mom believing it will start a war. I tried to be hopeful and say that if that happens at least when the smoke clears up we will know who’s to blame which she disagreed saying people are idiots and care only for themselves. She then saids that the only thing an individual has control over is themselves and the people they choose to be in their life, but as for me I don’t really agree. To me that is like turning a blind eye to those being tortured, raped, trafficked, exploited, abused, and everything else outside the bubble I live in. Theirs kids being abused and people profiting/spreading it all around the net with most people with the ability to stop it does little to nothing about it. I know I am one person and my own mother would argue that protesting doesn’t work but I still feel like I have a responsibility to stand and support my fellow man who are struggling. I just don’t know how to make a real change in it all.
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"If you can change one person's life, you've changed the world." Don't remember where I heard that first, but I was thinking about that saying today. Your actions with the people you're around will ripple out and have a wider effect you may never see.
Having a heart beyond your circle IS very important, but your circle is your circle for a reason.
(Unrelated but your art style is wicked cool. Followed!)
Just keep in mind that you can't save someone from drowning if you can't swim, and if you try, there will be 2 deaths instead of just one. I don't think your mom wants to discourage you from saving those people, she just wants you to acknowledge your limits before you can actually DO something. Saving those people can be dangerous, be aware of the risks and procedures so you actually save them instead of joining the body count. Learn to swim 1st, and you'll save a life instead of wasting 2.
Maybe you can't do anything to help illegal immigrants who reach your country, but you may be able to help people reach higher life standards in their home country somehow so that they won't need to risk themselves crossing frontiers. Or maybe you can direct them to a country that is less bureaucratic about immigration and just as likely to improve their lives if they get citizenship (or just more open to shelter refugees).
Learn how to safely migrate to a variety of countries, what their languages are, how to get citizenship, how someone who wants to move in should proceed and teach people abroad who want to emigrate from their countries. It may not sound like much, but believe me, it can make a huge difference in someone's life. And it IS within your reach. It is a change you can make.
Having this awareness and grappling with it is something I think is already head and shoulders above most people that may not have the means or desire to think about others. "Charity starts at home" is one of those irksome sayings that unfortunately is an unspoken law in the world. If you can't help yourself, helping someone else is going to compromise you.
Your mom has a point about the self. Humans aren't alone in the world nor do we not influence each other, but the area we can influence is usually very tiny. I think the thing is that you need a lot of people who want to do something and also have the means to change things. So, basically, we'd need a lot more people like you.
And keep in mind that, with the human rat race, we are constantly told to keep our heads down and work or just giggle at silly videos, not given much time to think of constructive change.
The obligation you feel toward the victims in this world, that’s great. They need someone to care for them. With that, you’re halfway to stepping up and doing something about the injustice we see all around us in a big way.
At the same time, you have so much more opportunity to help the victims that are among “the select few in your life.” They might not be abused, tortured, or exploited, but everyone goes through hell to their own degree. I happen to believe that we have all been placed where we are in society in the world for a reason. Helping the people around us— that’s one of the greatest differences we can make.
Protesting ain´t doing shit. My advice? Get a good work ethic and experience hard ship and fight through it.
Then find the branch of Justice or Law that deals with this type of shit and specialise into it. Anti-corruption or Trafficking i think. And after you do that become a Free lance reporter or Lawyer or law-maker.
I know it sounds boring and a lot of work, but if you genuinely want to change the world, you are GOING to need to put your nose to the grindstone and BECOME someBODY that is CAPABLE of doing so,and someone that knows their shit and is resistant to selling out and IS UNFLAPPABLE to the temptations of the power they will hold?
That is one bitch you won´t want to fuck with. And exactly one that can make a change wider than the circle of their friend group or people they know.
You want to go BIG? You´re gonna have to BE BIG to start with.
Bud if I went into politics I’d either be the angriest person on earth or charged for attempted murder because I’d basically be dealing with abunch of morons who thought being selfish is the only thing that can improve our planet.
@Odd-Naw Fair point, however, i never mentioned going into politics, but going into and excelling into said branches and after, being an absolute MENACE towards said morons :).
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Nobody truly lives in a bubble.
How you interact with those around you can make a real difference to their lives, which could lead them to make a difference in the lives of others, as allegedly everyone is connected to each other with at most six degrees of separation, how you interact with those around you has much more effect on the world than you might think, I suspect this might be the most effective way to change things.
There definitely needs to be some people who organise things, but a lot of the time people are too ignorant so it's very hit and miss, so a lot of humility is a good thing.