D says:
I wonder if the "Village" you mention can also mean something more individual, localized, and specific. I'm not sure if there is one solution that will work for every person, because there are so many different factors involved in any situation. Context, location, time period, personalities, cultures, and so on, all play a role. But, despite these different factors, if we (as individuals) tend to our immediate villages, small (family, school, work, friends, cities), we'll "take care of things" in a sensitive and manageable manner.
With this topic, I'm reminded of Voltaire's Candide, where the title character travels around trying to discovering the correct path in life. He meets optimists and pessimists and so on, and each have something to offer, but they each also have weaknesses, with one being that they absolutely believe their one way is the grand solution to understand or cope with everything. In the conclusion, Candide is exhausted with it all, and ends up tending to his garden.
We may not find the way to get rid of all the "weeds" once and for all, because that may be an impossibility. However, if we tend to our own gardens, or to use another term, our various villages, we can at least manage to do something constructive with somewhat immediate, nourishing, and motivating results.
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