Is there a bright side to all this?

Wow. Looking at all my postings today as one batch, I noticed that they're quite negative. There's a lot of bad stuff going on in the world.

But, I'm actually extremely optimistic.

Really.

There are some tremendous successes occurring in efforts to bring about social justice. Masses of people are starting to recognize the situation of the world - and many of them are actually trying to do something about it.

"Saving the world" doesn't require everyone to become a 'hardcore activist'. It just requires that a majority of people do a little bit to make the world better.