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The ways you do this (not voting, not paying taxes, exposing the corruption, etc.), while objectively good, are things people will interpret as deviant and bad. And I don't want to be interpreted like that. The ideal is not as important to me as practical perception.
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Bingo! You've hit it
right on the nail.
That is exactly what it is. What you are saying here holds true for almost everyone.
The difference however is that in your case, you have taken it from a more subconscious level of processing to a more conscious level of understanding. The pressure of this kind off social approval is ENORMOUS, and breaking loose from it is an incredible struggle.
The choice is clear: either you conform your opinion to the judgment of others, or you develop your opinions on your own, by your own evaluation and your own personal strength.
It's the choice between being alive, being actually alive and having a personality, a self. Or it is disappearing in the masses of collectivism and socialism, social conformism, of dying, of literally dying to your true nature.
And yes, the choice has massive affects on your personal relationships. And that is exactly what you are affraid of. And there lies the beauty of it all. Once you get rid of comformist relationships you will realize how beautiful your life will finally become, when you can FINALLY be yourself, WITHOUT having to fear ridicule from people who CANNOT be themselves, because THEY TOO are affraid of being true to their nature and their natural freedoms.
My advice would be to start listening to some podcasts on
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