1/ The radicalism of the American ideal is that here would be a place where anyone could have the chance to manifest their God-given potential. We’ve never fully embodied that ideal, but many at great personal sacrifice have pushed it forward and in various ways we’ve succeeded.
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2/ Too many losing sight of that ideal & disconnecting from personal responsibility for furthering it, has left us vulnerable to all the undemocratic forces that abound today. Reclaiming the ideal in our own hearts is fuel for pushing back powerfully against those who threaten it

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3/ When we’re only serving ourselves we’re not as powerful as when we’re serving something bigger. The journey of the US - a struggle it embodies between the worst & best of human nature - is a continuing ribbon of history that stops at every generation’s door. It’s at ours now
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4/ We have ancestors who murdered & enslaved, and we also have ancestors who were liberators & paved blazing trails for those who came after. We’re at a dangerous choice point & it’s ours to decide now: the path of an authoritarian nightmare or a path of America rebuilt & reborn.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Is this one of those predictive text experiments?
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Those who embrace the American Ideal are those who come here from other countries and realize their potential; we who live here do not realize it because we haven’t had the experience of not having the opportunity.
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I saw your video where you explained the shift in corporate policies/priorities that occurred in the 80's. I agree with you that this has led to where we are, as you describe in this post, having very powerful undemocratic (i.e. unelected) forces. I don't know a solution.