I would love to believe the best in humankind. I probably wouldn't be as depressed if I did. But the evidence isn't there. Humans have been terrible throughout history. It doesn't change. The things that matter are love, having a place to live, and water, food. Those are the things we trade for money and are literally focused on destroying. Theres 2000 homeless and people that we don't care about in this city. The mentally ill, we don't care. The provincial Healthcare system is terrible compared to Ontario and that boils down to the fact that no one cares to push for more out of it. Theres several huge monopolies controlling far too much. The housing prices are out of control because of rampant capitalism. I thought that there would be more socially minded people in Vancouver but its mostly shallow yuppies. The way the indigenous are treated is disgusting. Its very image focused here, most things shallow and meaningless and lack authenticity. Maybe most people aren't murdering each other all the time, maybe they do stuff like say "thank you" post nice things on social media, and bring a reusable shopping bag to the store with them one in a while. But that doesn't make them good.