Politics won’t fundamentally change until more different kinds of people start running for office. Humanitarians, teachers, artists, healers, scientists, philosophers, farmers: #GetStartedNow

Jan 21, 2021 · 8:25 PM UTC

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Or just regular working class people who have experienced a bit of real struggles
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As long as they all agree with you?
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First things first. We need to secure our clusterfuck elections. Without valid elections we will never have valid governance.
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And people like you too
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They have to get by the DNC and sell their souls in that process. Nothing, therefore, will change.
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What about economists?
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Politics in America self selects self-aggrandizing, power-hungry, greedy individuals who are ruthless enough in these qualities to be willing to undergo public humiliation & demoralization to achieve these self-serving ends. The good ones quit early. We have a Kleptocracy in USA
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And Peace-builders! "Ending the scourge of violence in the United States & across the planet requires more than suppressing violence. Lasting peace requires its active and systematized cultivation at every level of government and society."--@marwilliamson marianne2020.com/issues/us-d…
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None of those people can afford to run for office.
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