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Looking Ahead
I’m very happy – actually, “thrilled” is more appropriate — that Joe Biden is our new president. I wanted Bernie Sanders, but I understood he might not be acceptable to enough U.S. voters. It was Bernie who nudged me into thinking about these larger issues that affect us all. Bernie who gave me the courage to actually look ahead and question the status quo. Bernie — along with the income gap, Seattle’s homeless, and of course global warming. And along with my growing awareness I began to think about my contribution to these larger issues via my work in branding, and in helping giant companies tell their stories in the most favorable way. And yes, again, I’ve always loved driving various polluting cars.
As I became more comfortable with thinking about these issues, I began looking ahead and looking for answers to some very basic questions. Questions I’d never even had the guts to formulate in the past.
Questions such as…
· Why don’t we view our economy as the system we use to distribute the food, shelter and things we need for all of us to survive?
· Why don’t all wealthy individuals and organizations use their wealth to ensure that those currently without enough can have enough?
· Shouldn’t we think of our economy as the way we distribute the stuff we all need so that everyone has enough?
