Move to a less evil society. Better yet, move to a good society, assuming such a thing exists.
Otherwise, keep you head down. Do what the society compels you to do (pay your taxes, obey the laws, etc.) because there is no sense fighting against it if there is no significant chance of reform.
Beyond that, try to live as though you lived in a good society. Focus on following your passions, finding a romantic partner, getting a fulfilling job, and so on.
You could try self-modifying to not hate evil people (“hate the sin not the sinner”). Here’s some emotional arguments that might help (I make no claim as to their logical coherence):
If there was only one person in existence and they were evil, would you want them to be punished or blessed? Who would it serve to punish them?
If you are going to excuse people with mental illness you are going to have to draw some arbitrary line along the gradient from “purposely evil” to “evil because of mental illness.” Also consider the gradient of moral responsibility from child to adult.
If someone who was once evil completely reformed would you still see value in punishing them? Would you wish you hadn’t punished them while they were still evil?
Although someone may have had a guilty mind at the moment of their crime, do they still at the moment of punishment? What if you are increasing the quantum measure of an abstracted isomorphic experience of suffering?
Suppose you are pretty sure the society you are living in is evil, beyond your power to destroy and unlikely to ever reform.
How would you deal with the psychological toll of such a life? What strategies and approaches would you recommend?
How high are your standards for non-evilness? Singapore and Switzerland seem non-evil to me and are reasonably easy to immigrate to.
Probably unreasonably high. The thing is I’m currently not sure there is a non-evil human society around.
Move to a less evil society. Better yet, move to a good society, assuming such a thing exists.
Otherwise, keep you head down. Do what the society compels you to do (pay your taxes, obey the laws, etc.) because there is no sense fighting against it if there is no significant chance of reform.
Beyond that, try to live as though you lived in a good society. Focus on following your passions, finding a romantic partner, getting a fulfilling job, and so on.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/sc/existential_angst_factory/
You could try self-modifying to not hate evil people (“hate the sin not the sinner”). Here’s some emotional arguments that might help (I make no claim as to their logical coherence):
If there was only one person in existence and they were evil, would you want them to be punished or blessed? Who would it serve to punish them?
If you are going to excuse people with mental illness you are going to have to draw some arbitrary line along the gradient from “purposely evil” to “evil because of mental illness.” Also consider the gradient of moral responsibility from child to adult.
If someone who was once evil completely reformed would you still see value in punishing them? Would you wish you hadn’t punished them while they were still evil?
Although someone may have had a guilty mind at the moment of their crime, do they still at the moment of punishment? What if you are increasing the quantum measure of an abstracted isomorphic experience of suffering?