1/ Countries much wiser than ours play the long game, not only planning for the future 20 & 30 years from now but also looking at the horizon to see dangers lurking ahead and working to prevent them.
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2/Ours has not worked that way for a long time, because our guiding principle has been short term corporate profits rather them long-term societal health and well-being. Problems arise and we are merely reactive, which in many cases is the opposite of being “response-able.”
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3/That’s why we need to get $ out of politics; only then will we be able to change our guidance system from whatever serves unfettered capitalism to whatever serves people and planet. Money should not be the deciding factor in tending to our planet, our democracy or our people.
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4/ Not only w/ infectious diseases but also w/ nuclear power & the environment, death has been staring us in the face for a long time. We need to proactively wage peace, we need WW2-level mass mobilization to deal w/ climate change, and we need to front end resources to our kids.

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Replying to @marwilliamson
YES! ... There needs to be a change in our Thinking! ... instead of ... what can I do to get re-elected ... NOW ... it's got to be ... what can I do for this country today that will allow people to flower and prosper... ten or twenty years from ... NOW!
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You fell hard for Obama’s rhetoric in 2008. Now you are going easy on Biden.
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Yeah, ok. But how? Those other countries are way smaller than we are, in terms of population and land area. There is no longer a single “we” here in the US. We are decentralizing and diversifying now. That’s how fundamental change will come, not policy in Washington.
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Let’s for sure #InvestInKids. I KNOW that makes a difference. Dropped son2 at college today.
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#FundPeace too! I’ve been for a US #DeptOfPeace for years.
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WE NEED TO stop VOTE on men and some women WHO agenda is to destroy or world. WE must wake UP and understand that The climate Chang is a real thing.
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