I came across this in my notes from two years ago. I don’t recall if I planned to do more with this or not, but it seems okay to me in its current form.
My political action plan:
- Our political and economic system is a world eating monster with an unalterable hostility to life. Until the powers that be get serious about killing that monster, I’ll continue assuming they are emissaries of the monster and accord them all the respect that position is due.
- Although I am a sworn enemy of the world-eating monster, the reality is that I am living in enemy-occupied territory. Daily life requires some transactional relation with the enemy. So I will seek to minimize the necessary evil with simplicity.
- I will regard the enemies of the world eating monster as allies, if only even temporarily. I will listen to them, engage them in conversation, and encourage them in their enmity with the world eating monster.