There’s a part of me that wants to watch and read everything Bill Moyers has ever said or written.
Why?
Because I would then be educated enough to design a website that explains to Americans exactly what I think is wrong with our country. I would use prose and visualizations that would make it so blindingly clear to everyone:
- the insidious corporate influence on our government
- how our preference for “the vivid anecdote [over] the dry statistical fact” insidiously helps us blind ourselves to reality
- the ridiculousness of the two-party system
- that little else matters if we don’t change the national diet, radically
We’re not going to be able to go another decade with the blinders on. And so I try to imagine the perfect whiteboard drawing that perfectly clarifies our problems. Until someone can accomplish this (hint: despite his strengths, it won’t be our current President), our society is a rich tapestry with fraying seams.
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