"Too many activists think there is **something noble about being outsiders**. They think the whole system is corrupt. They think the system is the problem. They’re not wrong— there are real problems. **But because of their idealism and purity they’re not able to do anything about those problems, and so they themselves are part of the problem all the same**. It’s very hard to change that system from a distance." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[systems-thinking]], [[idealism]], [[pragmatism]], [[leadership]], [[rebellion]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]