[mrrrgn]

This sounds exactly like the kind of thing that people who have various other religious conversions say. They have this profound ineffable moral "awakening" and then see fit to start integrating it into every aspect of their lives up to and including trying to "awaken" other people. It's very disturbing to see people go through this process in my opinion as it's a stark reminder that even the most intelligent and thoughtful human beings can essentially have their minds hijacked. It makes me wonder if and when I'll have my mind hijacked, or if it already is (people who have been pwned this way surely don't realize it).

[MaupitiBlue]

Zeal of the convert. Good analogy.

[mikelyons]

Do you think that it's possible to have your mind hijacked by apathy?

Do you think that it's possible to have your mind hijacked by your identity?

Morality is not what is being pointed to here, morality is relative and a projection of the mind.

It's futile to try to awaken anyone else, because people cannot see past their present level of consciousness. Skeptics in particular often cannot be skeptical of their skepticism which makes them just as ideological about rationality as any religious belief.

But I am open to the possibility that this is wrong, and that politics is just another activity that you can avoid to zero detriment, and that being maximally selfish has plenty of workability in creating a better world for the future. And also it's obviously part of human evolution.

I'm open to participating in politics being for some people and not for others.