I’ve only been taking the ideas of liberty seriously for about a year. The more I learn and grow, I can’t help but feeling immense guilt about my past beliefs and support of The State.
It is particularly painful when I think about the war in Iraq. I cheered the invasion and openly advocated for it. I even (briefly) enlisted in the military with the intention of going over to fight.
Now I realize how horrendous it was. I know that the war would have happened no matter what I did, and yet I can’t shake the feeling that I have at least a little blood on my hands.
Does anyone else struggle with this? And if so, what did you do to deal with this?