265: The United States Should Focus On Equality, with Steve Phillips

We need to be honest about our nation’s history - that we’ve always been a divided nation - if we’re going to be able to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation. What’s that nation we want to move towards? One dedicated to the proposition of equality.

That’s the clear, fresh vision that our guest today, Steve Phillips, writes about in his recent article in The Nation - an article that put in writing what we’d been thinking about - which is to say this:

We’re pretty tired of the barrage of viewpoints standing AGAINST what the Trump administration is doing to our country - the authoritarianism, the oppression, the broligarchy.  We believe it is much more powerful to round out those views to include not just what we don’t want, but importantly, what we are fighting for, and what we are aspiring to be.

The proposition of equality.  Of well-being for all. 

 What to listen for: 

• Recognizing the different nations within our country (i.e. facing our history) so we can articulate what we stand for and fight for what we want to see 

• The fully thought-out case for why the Civil War never really ended - with excellent examples from history

• That we need to focus on the long game - by investing in level 5 leaders, building strong civic engagement organizations, developing detailed data-driven plans, and playing the long game