Sadness about the decisions that some are still making at this time

And yet, it is still good to know that people on Earth deserve to lead much healthier lives than the Old Patriarchal Systems want them to have.

Too Many Patriarchal People seem to have been saying: 

"We are still in survival mode. So as long as the systems are still rewarding some of us more for indulging in coercive control & bigotry, some of us aren't going to want anything to actually change. 

Wishing better for ourselves, or for our fellow human beings is too much effort right now. So don't expect us to change anything we're doing at this time just to help others who we were taught to devalue and unsee."

And yet, it still really is helpful just to know that there are SO many people out there who believe that a much better society is possible. Even knowing that can be wonderful.

And that can be like an antidote to the sad and depressing feeling that so many, who are capable of being much better, are still more willing to conform to a very corrupt and uncaring set of values in exchange for just a few external tradeoffs -- status, bigger house, more money, getting their addictions fed by the patriarchy -- than they are to make healthier changes.

That need to exclude and unsee what's going on with others is others is another form of poverty on this planet.