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The quality of being fair and reasonable is most always the definition of justice. Justice is attributed to good, moral and right. Justice is what makes one happy, what is practical and efficient. It is a constant and perpetual will of giving everyone their due. It is this absolute and firm concept of justice that inspires imperfect systems to improve. 

Drawing on practical knowledge and reasoning, one can form a strategy for what could ideally be. It is a foundation for making predications for the future: if truth is known, then ideal truth should be attainable. But, ideal truth or knowledge is dangerous to navigate because creating absolute definitions that justify all other forms of knowledge is intensely complex and, in practice, remain absolute only temporarily. 

Concepts of truth are constantly in flux. They vary depending on who holds authority and where interests lie. It is presumptuous and ignorant to recommend dealing with something in of itself without considering real world analogies and observations. Our thinking, my thinking, is shaped by history. Our history is a narrative that is selectively descriptive. It has a pattern of events that appear cyclical, but are really only animated versions of recycled myths that have reappeared throughout our discourse. 

The belief that good will prevail over evil is true only but occasionally. Neither good nor evil will ever literally prevail. Yet, we are bombarded with a message of moral redemption in the interest of putting evil to rest...what is commonly conceived as just is commonly unjust and visa versa. Progress is another myth that is recycled; a narrative of salvation. Communism, capitalism, global free market are myths of progress that are profiteered and have resulted in needless human toll and terror that is predictable and perceived as normal.

The economic boom that we have been experiencing over the last 50+ years has been turning into an economic slump for the past 20+. We have over-populated cities with not enough demand for work and skyrocketing levels of exploitation on our planet and its creatures. We need to go beyond determining that power exists and where it exits. We need to take on the task of imagining a good and just society and then advocating ways in which to achieve this.

Today’s puzzles are less about why differences exits, and more about how people can overcome positional differences to collaborate on issues of common concern. Put your trust in people and not in all the institutions they work in. People are what matter.