Lighthead, it seems that resolving your ambivalence about STS institutions will be important. Until then, it may be difficult to move any distance in either direction.
STS institutions are STS institutions because their actions intentionally create suffering in people. Any appeal of these institutions therefore depends on seeing those who suffer as "not self" in some sense, or as deserving it - a disengagement of empathy. Now, since we know that all is truly One, imagine that it is you, or someone you deeply care about, that these institutions are grinding under their gears. Recognizing that there is no essential difference between you and the victims - except accident of birth and circumstances - and that it very well could have been you may help you see things in a different light.
STS institutions are STS institutions because their actions intentionally create suffering in people. Any appeal of these institutions therefore depends on seeing those who suffer as "not self" in some sense, or as deserving it - a disengagement of empathy. Now, since we know that all is truly One, imagine that it is you, or someone you deeply care about, that these institutions are grinding under their gears. Recognizing that there is no essential difference between you and the victims - except accident of birth and circumstances - and that it very well could have been you may help you see things in a different light.