#mankind is neither unsalvageable nor flawless. we are some kind of secret third thing.

[wasabikitcat]

If one can’t live in this current society without being complicit in genocide, how do I get out of society? The only ways I can think of would be either dying or the world ending or everybody getting brainwashed to be good perfect leftists, which I would be open to tbh. I hate my imperfect human brain capable of evil and wouldn’t mind getting rid of my individuality if it meant the betterment of the world. Either that, or I wish I could go back in time and prevent either colonization or human evolution itself if that’s not enough to eradicate all evil. We should’ve just stayed as the apes we are and been the same as all other animals…

I'm not really someone who can answer this question (I mean, I don't think anyone can, but especially not me), but for me, I think the fact that you care so much, even though these are people that most of us here have not even met, is a sign that you're the kind of person this world needs in order to achieve the dream of a future without genocide. You can't get out of society, and that's a good thing, because without people who care and feel love for other humans there wouldn't be any opposition to genocide.

Maybe "complicit" was too cynical of a word, I mainly mean that, by virtue of being a single human in this massive country which is part of an even more massive earth, we are not able to do much except use the avenues given to us to make an impact, no matter how small. I mean that humans are simultaneously individuals and part of a collective, and as a collective humanity sometimes does terrible things and it seems that we can only stand by and watch. Often we are put in situations where there are lives that we can't save even though we know we should be able to, and it's not fair that we can't, and we don't want any part in the system that lets these things happen. But the system that lets these things happen is also what can help stop them from happening if we use it correctly.

You as an individual are not directly responsible for genocide, but we do live in a system that benefits from it. I think the way to fix that isn't resigning from society completely but rather trying to change it with what little power we have, no matter how long it takes.

Historically, change is never fast; even in the extreme scenarios of complete overthrow of the government via revolution it takes years, and it takes even more years after that to instate a new government, and potentially even more years if that new government fails, etc. There isn't a quick and easy answer to change, but things have changed. Things are very different now than what they were like less than a century ago, and humans still aren't satisfied because we have an innate desire for good and justice inside of us.

My point isn't that we should just stand around and wait for change to happen eventually, I guess I just mean that you shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet. Indigenous Americans experienced genocide, but their descendants remain and are slowly but surely getting more and more of their land rightfully returned as time goes on. Africans were taken from their homes and enslaved, but their descendants remain and are American citizens with equal rights as racism becomes more and more taboo with each generation. Genocides and atrocities happened, some continuing to happen, and we still feel their effects every day even generations later, but things have also gotten better.

One day Palestine will be the same. There are countless lives already lost and there will likely be many more, but Palestine will not be erased. The dead will not be forgotten, and their surviving family will see a better future. It won't be easy, and it definitely won't be as fast as we all really want it to be, but it will happen, as long as there are people like you who don't let this go unnoticed. Take care of yourself and those around you, and don't let yourself be consumed by despair. I genuinely think there is more good in this world than evil, and we gotta make the future we want to see.