Hope Has Never Trickled Down, It Has

Regardless Of The Overall State Of The Economy, There Is Now A Large Enough Elite Made Up Of New Multi-millionaires And Billionaires For Wall Street To See The Group As "superconsumers," Able To Carry Consumer Demand All On Their Own.

That's What's Happening Now. The World Is Being Held Up A Mirror: "all Roads Lead Here. Do You Like It?" A Lot Of People Don't Like It. A Lot Of People Are Saying, "wait A Minute, If Our System Can Produce That, There's Something Wrong With This System." That Opening Is Ours To Seize. It Matters How We Name It: It's Not Called Donald Trump. It's Called Capitalism.

I Think There Is A Danger That An Environmental Crisis Can Be Used In Precisely The Same Way As The Terrorist Threat Can Be Used In Terms Of Giving Up Freedom.

Politics Hates A Vacuum. If It Isn't Filled With Hope, Someone Will Fill It With Fear.

It Has No Denim-toned House Paint. Levi Makes What Is Essentially A Commodity: Blue Jeans. Its Ads May Evoke Rugged Outdoorsmanship, But Levi Hasn't Promoted Any Particular Life Style To Sell Other Products.