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        1. One thing Aaron Bushnell's self immolation reveals, and forces us to confront, is the mind of someone who has chosen to place his life alongside those being killed daily with our country's weapons. And to declare that his life isn't worth more. This alone disrupts normality.
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        To know that hundreds of lives just as valuable as your own are being stolen daily, poses a massive moral dilemma that most of Americans can only stand to dimly and/or infrequently perceive.
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      To combine that knowledge with a willingness to put those other lives ahead of your own opens up a profound moral crisis because it forces people to ask: what could I possibly do to prevent all these murders?
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    In a truly democratic society, there would be a low-cost solution to this crisis: convince a majority to oppose the killings, then insist the state follow your lead. But our society is not democratic in this way. Majority support for a ceasefire goes unheard.
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      In circumstances of genocidal killings, people who don't fear losing their lives have many ways to help, from volunteer hospital worker to defense brigade to weapons blockader to journalist to advocate. But many others are filling these roles, sometimes at unfathomable costs.
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        When a political system is broken (or working as intended, but failing to represent or respond to the people), there are many ways to organize to change it. And many ways that those with moral clarity and willingness could take risks could help.
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          Small 'd' democrats, humanitarians, resisters, protesters, and revolutionaries should have had many alternatives to propose to Aaron Bushnell. And should have many to offer the next Aaron Bushnell.
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            But in the end, someone so committed will ask these questions of us: Will joining these efforts be more sure to end the killings? Will they work quickly? And how many more lives will be lost before they succeed?
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              We must seek out, then, strategies that will work, and soon.
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                With all of that said, I would tell anyone I love* wrestling with these question of moral responsibility a few other things… * And someone loves you, so I'm telling you, whoever you are.
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                  It's natural and human to over-estimate the gesture you can take tomorrow, when measured against the lifetime of struggle you could embark upon. Don't be quick to forego the latter.
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                    Just because you are not worth more than other humans, doesn't negate that you are worth more than you can imagine.
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                      The spark of creativity that will take us beyond our current political impasse will be born in the hearts of someone who has taken the steps you have already taken. Struggle hard to find possibilities for liberation that keep us all alive.
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