The knowledge that humans can do better and implement an economy that serves the people, rather than the other way around. And when I say "economy" I simply mean the way that goods / services are produced, exchanged and distributed. We have enough for everyone - the problem right now is distribution, not production.
I've learnt that these aren't some abstract or lofty goals. There are very concrete ways to achieve them. Extending democracy
link. Reducing the power of the profit motive which currently presides over all. Ending imperialist wars and the exploitation of the third-world.
I want to leave the world a better place than I found it, and part of that is doing my small part in making it madami pleasant and madami equitable. ipinapakita kindness not just to my own mga kaibigan and family, but the fellow humans I will never know the name of but whose lives are worth just as much. People separated sa pamamagitan ng distance but not humanity, people with different religions and languages and customs, people who will be born decades from now. I want them to lead fulfilling lives with less exploitation, greater expression, and madami time to do the things that make us fully human.
That knowledge of how to do this gives me purpose, meaning and ultimately happiness.
link Woody Guthrie tune is my happy song in shitty times.
