# Kindness in a Polycrisis World

> We can’t control climate or poverty but choose kindness amid chaos.
- Title: Kindness in a Polycrisis World · The Boston Globe | Shortify
- Summary: We can’t control climate or poverty but choose kindness amid chaos. People can choose kindness despite climate crisis, poverty, and political chaos.
- Keywords: climate change, poverty, war, racism, abuses of power, cost of living, housing, health care, kindness, politics, rude behavior, entitled officials
- Source: The Boston Globe — https://bostonglobe.com/2026/10/18/opinion/letters-kindness-rudeness-society-trump
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: climate change, poverty, war, racism, abuses of power, cost of living, housing, health care, kindness, politics, rude behavior, entitled officials
## Rudeness in public spaces
Jane Gilman says elected officials' entitled behavior harms society through rudeness and insults.

> They're killing us without kindness
## Polycrisis impacts
Climate change, poverty, war, racism, and housing costs create unmanageable stress.
## Kindness as solution
People can choose kindness by doing unto others as they would want done to them.
## Key takeaway

People can choose kindness despite climate crisis, poverty, and political chaos.