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i always liked the idea of leaving a place "better" (usually, cleaner) than i found it. but that was always localized to the scope of my experience. the idea of leaving "the world" a better place leans towards the "save the world" mentality of the liberal left. it denies the reality that what is "better" to you is not necessarily "better" to me. so the result is an imposition of one's "morality" (what is "better") on all. not my desire, nor my idea of anarchy.

there is no singular "right way", "better", "good values", etc. if any of my kids had lived, i hope that would be the one "value" i could communicate to them; that there is no one "right" way... context is everything.

but as an anti-moralist, i tend to be in the minority.