You're only one person. Surely there are better people suited to the task, right? Besides, it wasn't your fault. Why should you help? It doesn't really involve you. It's none of your business. You're content with the way things are for you. But the guilt of your inaction eats away at you.
You're stuck in the moment of indecision. You want to both help and look after your own needs. It seems like the problem is too large just for you alone anyway. It's hard to ignore the "me first" voice shouting at you from your primal, ego-centric brain. It's just as hard to ignore the social and communal motivations either.
You try to rationalise it. The practicalities of your reality need to be addressed. You have to look after yourself, you have dreams and desires that need to be fulfilled. You can't keep denying yourself for the benefit of others. And if you can't look after yourself, you'll be no position to help others. And you aren't the only one that can help. It shouldn't be left up to you. It's a problem that will take everyone to overcome. Indeed, it would be far more logically to go seek others support in this first. Strength in numbers. Yes, that sounds like the best possible thing to do.
But that takes so much time. It doesn't help with the situation right now. You need to do something now, before it's too late. If you don't, the problem is going to get worse, and no matter how large a support group you get, it won't be enough. It's already overwhelming. You don't have enough time to sit around doing nothing about it. And if you don't, people will look badly towards you. What will your friends think of you if you don't do anything? They seem to be active in solving this issue. You can't let people down on this. You need to something, and you need to do it now. It will better that way.
You know it won't help in the long run, but you do something. It's a small gesture, basically what everyone else does. But it helps you feel better about yourself. You did what you thought you could. The only thing. You don't have the time or resources. And everyone will understand, because they did the same. You can now go back to your own needs. You'll keep an eye on the situation, just in case. That way, next time it becomes a problem, you'll be ready. Doesn't matter that the problem is still there and didn't go away, but you did what you could, and it's out of your hands now. It's no longer your responsibility. And the more you think about it, it never was a real problem anyway. You’re happy with the way things are. It all works great, far better than other situations. Why should it change just to suit your beliefs? Isn't that far more selfish? It's OK to go back to dealing with your own concerns, because it would be wrong to change things purely on your own ideas of what the solution should be.
It's far easier to complain about something than to actually DO something about it. Get involved, get active, don't just sit there on the side lines, yelling commentary at something you are not willing to participate in. Think there is a problem? Find the solution yourself. Get help, real help, not the half promises of those who agree but don't offer anything practical. You live in a world of your own action and inaction. And you get out of it what you decide to put into it. If you can't find it important enough to get involved in, then you have no business complaining about its outcome.
