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Heard Today
12/9/17 07:53When I exercise (every other day, like broken clockwork) I listen to Storycorps podcasts. Today's was about "Philip", an Iraqi interpreter for the US Military who was able to emigrate to the US and, just before the election, bring his family here too.
He was asked, during a follow-up interview, what was the most important difference about living in the U.S. I paraphrase, because I'm too lazy to go get my phone and listen again, but... "Safety. When you feel safe you can build up."
I wish the Masters of the Universe would stop investing so heavily in making us all feel unsafe. Think of what we could build--and the real problems we could solve--if we weren't kept off balance with the sense of imminent doom.
He was asked, during a follow-up interview, what was the most important difference about living in the U.S. I paraphrase, because I'm too lazy to go get my phone and listen again, but... "Safety. When you feel safe you can build up."
I wish the Masters of the Universe would stop investing so heavily in making us all feel unsafe. Think of what we could build--and the real problems we could solve--if we weren't kept off balance with the sense of imminent doom.