Does that mean I should disavow it all? Go away and build something else and new entirely further away from the corruption and the horrors? Or should I try to fix it and improve it? And how much egg-breaking and moral norm violation should I tolerate?
What are your strategic options?
In the case of someone witnessing the horrors of colonialism, they might not have had very many/any options that would stop colonialism from happening, but leaving and doing something else wouldn’t have helped. So the thing to do in that case is do what you can, to the best of your ability, to ameliorate the situation. “Die with dignity”, as in, don’t give up even if it seems like there’s no path to victory, and do what you can even if you expect the ultimate outcome will not be good, but don’t actually do things that metaphorically “kill” you (remove your ability to act) unless you’ve thought about it very carefully.
The meme of the serenity prayer seems relevant here.
I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes, I expect it is extremely hard.
What are your strategic options?
In the case of someone witnessing the horrors of colonialism, they might not have had very many/any options that would stop colonialism from happening, but leaving and doing something else wouldn’t have helped. So the thing to do in that case is do what you can, to the best of your ability, to ameliorate the situation. “Die with dignity”, as in, don’t give up even if it seems like there’s no path to victory, and do what you can even if you expect the ultimate outcome will not be good, but don’t actually do things that metaphorically “kill” you (remove your ability to act) unless you’ve thought about it very carefully.
The meme of the serenity prayer seems relevant here.
I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes, I expect it is extremely hard.