Individuals literally make hundreds of choices and decisions in the course of a day.
In the last seven years, human choices in Canada and the U.S. have become increasingly weak, corrupt, evil, and irrationally nasty.
In the morning news from the States, these choices have increased greatly and egregiously in people’s faces with zero shame from Republicans and Trump. More and more, voters have been mindlessly lining up to vote against democracy, the Constitution, and law and order. Lies and frauds seem more preferable these days south of our border.
In any case, humans have had a long history of bad, weak, evil, corrupt choices as can be seen by treacherous politics, egotistical self-serving agendas, class systems, wars, and never-ending uses and abuses of the many by the worst in charge.
Despite this ongoing, historical problem and tragedy, there are still examples of human kindness, goodness, and unselfish, public-serving behaviors and actions. There are always more positive, possible choices to be made.
What happens in life, in personal life, in society, and in countries is largely just a matter of human and public choices. And we can–if we choose–treat people as ends (Live and let live) rather than as means to an ends and, certainly much better than as irrationally hated enemies, such as in the case of Russia in their insane, unjustified war against Ukraine.
Every day each of us has many choices in how we can and might live our lives. (Even many people in poverty.) Our purpose is derived from these choices and related motivational values. We can create instead of kill. We can care instead of hate. We can be responsible instead of being selfish, lazy, or corrupt.
As said before, many bad choices are going down today. Too many people are greedy, desperate, and indifferent to the sufferings of others.
But we, as individuals, need not live that way and can strive for higher things, nobler goals, and maybe save ourselves, others, and the planet.
There are many more choices to come and many more to be made. As individuals, though, we, for starters, have the freedom to choose differently.
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Note: This view of the world, no doubt, stems somewhat from my studies in Existentialism at university. The Existentialists say we create our own lives through our personal choices, and with that, greater personal meaning and purpose.