(September 21, 2023 at 3:23 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(September 21, 2023 at 8:38 am)Belacqua Wrote: Yep, I suspect you're right.
I'm pretty lazy and even more selfish, so I haven't done much.
Let's see... I've never owned a car, and I barely heat or cool the house, so my petroleum consumption is pretty low. (A lot of war is over petroleum supply.) I've never been in the military, so I've never participated in America's wars to maintain economic hegemony -- that is, all of the wars in our lifetimes. The only politician I've ever actively supported is Taro Yamamoto, who is by far the most peace-loving of Japanese politicians. (Any vote for a high-level US politician, whether Dem or Rep, is a vote for war.)
I used to do translation work for a peace-oriented think tank run by Hiroshima University. Though I don't suppose they've accomplished much.
So that's about it.
Maybe the fact that I am usually at home cultivating my garden (quite literally) means I have done less harm than most.
All that's good. I have donated hundreds of dollars to charity and planted some flowers. My life is very sad. I do what I can to make a world a peaceful place. It's probably not enough, but at least I make an attempt.
Yes. Your efforts here at the forum have panned out nicely.