rights and responsibilities

I have become increasingly frustrated at the growing division in the world and particularly in this country. The people who think the gap between the rich and poor is caused by the poor who do not try hard enough. With people who hide behind corporations to funnel their money towards whatever will give them more power, without responsibility towards people or the planet. I worry that short term greed will destroy us all. I fear the growing distrust of logic and science. I see far too many parallels to times in the past of robber barons and great hardship.

I have been searching for what can give me hope through this time. I see those who have outrage at the executives who give themselves ridiculous bonuses while causing disaster and leaving thousands out of work. I see activism for rights and justice. And the more these times parallel those of the past, the more I remember that we humans survived those too.