What constitues “better”?
The sun is just going down. I’m back from the local coffee shop, where I sat on the patio and read what is quickly becoming my favorite book of the year, “Hold Everything Dear” by John Berger. It’s very good. You would probably like it.
If you read it we could then have a lively chat about what constitutes “better”. Berger’s letters, what’s going on in Iran, my own struggle to reconcile paying work with worthwhile work, and the (zen) dissonance between renunciation and compassion, have all brought that question to the forefront of my thoughts recently.
It’s sort of a nebulous conversation topic for me though. Berger portrays the current conflicts, and ultimately social injustice in general, through the lens of class struggle (which I’m inclined to agree with) – but that’s not very helpful afterward when trying to bring it back into the realm of the actions of an (this) individual.
What are your experiences/thoughts on “social justice” and that fuzzy area where the actions of an individual get mired in the shear scope of the issues?
