“I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.”
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It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.
Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.