The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system.
You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.
Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.
Surely if we have learned anything from the history of morals it is that the thing to do with a moral quandary is not to hide it.
The quandary of many liberals in America and elsewhere is that they have largely outgrown patriotism but are afraid to face this fact. They are afraid to be called unpatriotic. They are even more afraid to come out openly and say "I am not a nationalist, I don't give a damn about my country. For me, there are no countries, no sides - only the side of humankind. "
Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.