Originally shared by Tom de LorenzoIf you think "we" when considering the government and its actions—especially if many of the actions are ethically/morally repugnant to you—then you will feel distressed to be part of such actions and you will expend energy to try and change things, but that energy will be wasted. Stress and guilt will build up inside you. But your opinion doesn't matter. You are merely the gasoline in the tank, you do not drive the car.
Disconnect yourself, even if only inside your own brain. You are not bombing anyone. They are. You are not voluntarily funding this action. They are taking it from you by force, the same as does an armed thief in an alley.
You are a victim, not an accomplice. And the goal is not to be victimized more humanely, it is to avoid being victimized. But first you have to realize that you and the thief are not on the same team, not under any circumstances.