People love big abstract plans to change society, because it's a convenient way of giving up. I gave up radical politics years ago when I realized most of the people who deal with national politics shouldn't be in that position in the first place. The most effective nationalist I knew worked with his municipality and held traditional celebrations for families (and immigrants, mind you) once a year. He also got stuff done, even though no one understood what he was trying to do.

I'm not against big plans, but only a small portion of politically active people are able to handle that. Calm down. You don't need to save the world today, or tomorrow. You will do fine just working locally--and even that is a big task for most people (wait until you get in the position where you have to manage ~20 teenagers to hike in the woods for two days).

The Big Abstract: forget it. Forget it today and build on something realistic tomorrow. You can still keep your grand theories, but think practical. I know, it hurts, because we all want to play philosophers. What I learned working with philosophy for a few years is that most people will tweak existing theories. They won't come up with a Shopenhauerian system or become the next Wittgenstein. Those were geniuses. Most of you, including myself, are not. The biggest insight you will do during your young years is learning to cope with who you are. That includes where your limits are.

Happy Easter everyone!