The problems facing our world are massive. Worldwide hunger, poverty, environmental crises, corporatalism, injustice. Every activist, every concerned citizen, and every person with even a passing concern in the welfare of the world has asked themselves the question, “What is the point?” Why do we bother fighting systems that are so massive that even those people who theoretically have power (the Bill Gates, Jimmy Carters and Martin Luther Kings of the world) are hardly able to put a dent into.

The answer, as laid out in this article in the Guardian, is that there is most definitely a point, but one that goes beyond and deeper than the amount of effect that the individual can have. It is an inspiring read and one that I believe is applicable far beyond his topic of climate change to all global problems and perhaps even the problems in our personal life that seem to big for us to handle. He is much more eloquent than I so I encourage you to read the article

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