What if very choice is political? (Foucault)

Politics, Corruption, and Kindness

For 43 years, I’ve felt deceived and mostly unexcited — not even curious for more than a few minutes — about politics in Spain.

The other day, I heard an other Spanish citizen say something that clicked for me.

Since Franco — the last dictatorship in Spain — ended 50 years ago, we’ve been fighting about ideology. Left versus right. Constant debate.

And yet, regardless of ideology, both sides have been stealing from citizens.

While corruption continues to be unveiled in Spain, the truth is: this is happening in almost every country in the world.

I hope there are exceptions. Maybe the strict Singapore…

Yesterday I flew from Bali to Singapore.

As I walked through the city, I reflected on this.

Singapore is incredibly efficient. Things work. Systems function. Taxes seem to be used well.

It’s not perfect. People don’t seem as openly joyful as in Bali. So maybe both places can learn from each other.

Maybe Singapore could learn from the kindness and warmth of Bali.

And maybe Bali — or Indonesia — could learn from the efficiency and kindness of the non-corruption, the functioning systems of Singapore.

Maybe if the Indonesian government reads this newsletter, I get deported.

But here is my real point:

What if we chose kindness in every choice we make?

That’s what Hawimi is about.

Choosing to increase kindness:

In — you can find here the next one in English or Spanish, online or in person.

In the next coffee shop you choose.

Or the travel agency.

Or the car we buy.

Or how we spend our time — park, beach, forest. (Nature possibly always has the highest Hawimi Score™.)

With more users and more feedback, the platform becomes more accurate.

In a few months — when there are thousands, maybe the first million users — Hawimi could become the largest platform where people actively rate and refine the kindness impact of products, services, and experiences.

Kindness in terms of:

– Physical and mental health impact

– Impact on living beings or ethics

– Impact on the planet or sustainability

And with that improved version, it wouldn’t be difficult to calculate the HowWeMe score of an entire country — its governance, its policies — and show how it can improve.

We can already begin to see this. You can explore it now.

It simply becomes more accurate the more of us use it.

The more feedback we give.

And maybe one day, like Bhutan measures happiness, all countries will measure kindness.

Maybe it will become normal that both you and I — and even the system itself — prioritize kindness over corruption, status, or convenience over care.

Foucault indicated that politics is everything that happens in the polis.

You and I are changing the world (or keeping it the way it is) with every choice we make.

Thank you for being the change, for choosing kindness every time you do.

With vision.

With care.

Loto

Founder at Hawimi
The Most Conscious World, a Kind World, One Click Away™

P.S.

Imagine a world where a “kindness score” is as normal as GDP. It may sound utopian,  but many things that are normal today once did. The system changes when enough of us change our daily choices. If you want to move from reading about kindness to practicing it, you can also use hawimi.ai or join a Hawimi Circle — English or Spanish, online or in person.