Dumbo Feather – February 2019

need.Youknow,lookingatourparadigmsand saying, “Well this is not working, why isn’t

thatworking?Howcoulditwork?”Andthen we pay attention to places like the Democracy

CollaborativeorCoalitionfora NewEconomy or the Institute for the Future. I think there

aretheseideashopsthatattracta lotofgreat minds and practitioners and critics and, you

know,wecanlearna lotmoreanda lotfaster together than we can apart. I am thrilled at

thenewcropofpoliticians.AndI lovethefact that the cynics are like, “Oh, they just haven’t

reallyreckonedwiththerealhorsetradingthat politics is.” But nonetheless, there is the

GreenNewDeal,allthecynicsjumpedonit, said, “It’ll never happen, it can’t work, can’t

beimplemented,”butthena weeklaterChuck Schumer is finally saying climate is on the

DemocraticParty’sagenda.It’slike,well,too little too late. Honestly, I’m so tired of my

generation.But

Sowehavetolistentotheseyoungvoicesand believe that their dreams can be true

whetherwehavethetimeornot.

accomplishmentisalways preceded by

imagination.

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KAT TAYLOR

DUMBO FEATHER