There are plenty of things that are better in the world, political or not. Child mortality is down, maternal mortality is down, life expectancy is up, hunger worldwide is down, crime is down, various diseases are on the cusp of being eradicated. A lot of these are progress in non “Western” countries that don’t really get covered much in western media since Good News doesn’t hit the first page with all the horror happening locally.

Small brush fire on the side of the road, which where I live could have very quickly been a very big problem if left unchecked.

“The vast majority” really depends on the social space/context you are in. Middle of Kansas or Alabama? Yeah. Portland or Seattle or another place like that? Might be a majority or might not be, depends on the part of town probably.

If inaction leads to harm, is not doing anything a harmful act?