Better is possible. How is this: Meaning is a felt sense combined with a chosen path which combines to create a sense of Flow with regard to an ACTUAL goal.
Now, the ACTUAL goal does what I need it to do. The purpose of Democart/Communist politics is not to help people. It is not to remediate racism, alleviate poverty, further global peace, or foster social harmony. Those are merely propaganda memes.
The PURPOSE, the actual purpose, is to get your people in power and implement their policies. These people and these policies care only about continued survival. They are not oriented around an actual GOAL. They ARE the goal. Power IS the purpose.
Now, yes, this, too, is a goal, but it is one which contradicts the stated purpose. The goal is a lie, and no coherent, USEFUL sense of meaning can be built on a lie. That, I think–and I feel I will need to revise this again–is what I mean by an Ersatz meaning system: one based on self deception.