| Hey, so I weirdly have an answer to this. Based on what you've written, you are choosing between polite self interest (unsubscribes), and vocal group interest (speaking out). Essentially a choice between helping and staying out of the way. The real question is your values, the reason you want to speak up in the first place. In addition, it doesnt look like you want to speak up for the sake of it, but to prevent a dangerous outcome. For a situation like this, its safe to say you will always be conflicted if you don't speak out. What you will rue, is speaking out ineffectively. So speaking out without a plan, alienating people - NOT achieving the goal that motivated you in the first place. At this point, i typically try and come up with a diagnostic question. Something that puts two values a persons holds in conflict. Eg: If someone gave you a clear set of topics that would prevent this outcome, would you immediately speak up on them, even if you may not agree with the words? (I guarantee that these words prevent the outcome you foresee, and have no hidden knock on effects) This asks how far you would go to achieve your outcome. Would you be willing to say things you dont like, to prevent populism? If no, then there are conditions to your goal, or your goal is slightly different. Knowing your motivations (just want to speak, want to achieve a goal, want to achieve a specific outcome, want someone else to handle it), helps you figure out what you want, and the limits of how far you are willing to engage. |