Imagine if young people no longer believe they must start a business or work on Wall Street to change the world. Imagine if they just change it.
-
-
Show this thread
-
Imagine if no one said “win win,” “thought leader,” “doing well by doing good,” or “conscious capitalism” ever again. Except ironically — or when teaching the history of the age of markets.
Show this thread -
Imagine if we knew that generosity isn’t the same as justice. That innovation isn’t the same as progress. That a cupcake company that gives back isn’t the same as reform. That Lean In isn’t the same as social policy. That “changing the world” isn’t the same as changing the world.
Show this thread -
Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg said he was changing the world, and then no one believed him, and then we moved on and just properly regulated him since we saw that he was just a guy with a company.
Show this thread -
Imagine if super-rich people remade themselves in the spirit of the community organizations they donate to, instead of remaking those organizations in their spirit.
Show this thread -
Imagine if we understood that, while Monopoly is a game, monopolies are no fun, and we need to smash them. Face and Book. Goo and Gle.
Show this thread -
Imagine if we fell back in love with the founding American creed of self-government. And we fought off every hoodied boy billionaire or strongman demagogue or chemical magnate who wanted to seize public power.
Show this thread -
Imagine if we didn’t just imagine this.
Show this thread -
If you want to read where this came from, you can: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/9780451493248/ …
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
If John Lennon were alive, I’d like to hear his version of your song.
#imagine -
I was thinking the same but well said
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
To do that, we need to break the stranglehold the two parties have on politics. They're both far too corrupt to ever allow such a thing. GOP are by far the worst, but Dems are far from innocent when it comes to corporate corruption.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
Find the songwriter for this.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-








I’m worried about the courts long term.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
We can only hope.
-
And organize, protest, vote. But yes, HOPE.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
I wish I could feel that hopeful .
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Note: America needs a hug.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.