“John Brown’s body lies a mouldering in the grave, his soul is marching on!” If ideas can self replicate (like the original conception of a meme), which ones do you want to see marching on?
There are a lot of good, helpful people in the world that want to work together to create progress and a better society for all. And positive change is possible. Don’t get too caught up in the loud voices to the contrary.
Moving away from rat race for those who don’t really desire making money and allowing them to realise their other passions.
“Leave nothing but footprints”
Was told as a British kid this was a Native American saying. I honestly could never find out if it was actually said but it resonates with me as I mull over the climate crisis, energy costs and my asthma issues, etc. Sadly to be properly independent of all the environmental problems seems to be rather costly for the average person like myself
I can’t say for certain where it’s from either, but the longer version is now very popular in certain outdoor groups and at US National Parks:
“Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.”
Apparently one researcher was able to trace it back to a newspaper article from 1954 about Bandelier National Monument (an amazing spot in Utah).
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/05/30/footprints/
And I agree that it has many crucial implications today. We should doing more to live in harmony with nature. We are part of it, no matter how much our concrete jungles try to seem otherwise.
For me I’m thinking about things like environmental sustainability, workplace democracy and universal basic income.