Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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As long as your democracy is working, cultural change translates naturally into political change. But when a democracy is broken and govt is basically owned buy corporate overlords, cultural change has limited effects.
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They’re owned by the same people as own the defense contractors and, basically, the government. Surely you knew.
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2/ From the state of our democracy to the state of our planet to the state of Afghans today, we should stop pretending all those buttoned up pinstripe “serious people’s policies” were anything but deadly to us all. And by the way, I was not without policy marianne2020.com/issues
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1/ And their way has failed. The last 2 weeks alone have showed the other bankruptcy of the arrogant, irreverent mindset that has passed for serious politics over the last 40 yr.
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I hope you can feel how many people are deeply sad for you. We’re praying for you and others that you will be able to rebuild your lives.
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One post might be spiritual, one might be political, one might be deeply personal and one might be a discussion of forces larger than any one of us. Everything, however, will be geared to providing ideas and actions that can transform our lives and the world around us. 8/
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Sometimes I’ll share a reflection in response to something happening in real time while other posts will be essays or interviews. There will be conversations with fascinating people as well as my new TRANSFORM podcast.The first podcast is coming Monday: TRANSFORMING CAPITALISM 7/
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TRANSFORM is a chance for people to journey together to a deeper understanding. It's a support for our individual transformation, but also a community through which we join with others to help transform the world. 6/
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To transform the world we have to face with brutal honesty what’s happening now but also articulate clearly what it's possible to create instead. I’m collecting what I can from the wisdom of the ages and wisdom of this moment, and putting it together on mariannewilliamson.substack.… 5/
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To endure those crises whatever form they take, and most importantly to transform them, is the challenge of this moment. In the words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, “Come, my friends, ‘tis not too late to seek a newer world.” 4/
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Personal & public crises however are opportunities for new possibilities - lessons often difficult in becoming who we need to be in order to make the changes that will heal our lives. Crises are portals if we choose to step into them to a life beyond what we experience now. 3/
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Such is the situation in the world today whether regarding our personal lives or the world around us. Whether healing from personal challenges or witnessing the strains on our ecosystem or democracy, many of us are experiencing anxieties that go along with cataclysmic change. 2/
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There are times when it seems like things are falling apart. We might believe they’re destined to come back together at a higher level, but it doesn't always feel that way. At times it just feels like things are falling apart. 1/
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I know it wasn't a reason to stay. It's true that I had a reactive emotional moment agreeing with BK. Still heartbroken about the situation but that tweet was wrong. I know better.
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