Very useful your post, dear @chbartist. As an inhabitant of a country like Venezuela that has been functioning inadequately, I completely agree with what you say about the importance of the actions. This is true in both positive and negative behaviors. Here we see a group of politicians who talk about humanism, socialism, solidarity, but their actions are directed in the opposite direction, that is, theft, abuse, pickpocketing. And, of course, this is how a good part of the population behaves. The bad example is easy to follow.
That is why, as you say, in order to change a social group or a country, it is essential to act properly. It is very true that: "If you want to influence other people and their lives, make a change in your own life and let yourself become an embodiment of that change.

Greetings from Venezuela... My little upvote and I follow you ;-)