Competition is a foundational pillar of modern capitalism. As always, however, there is another story to be told when we consider alternative perspectives.
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Competitive divisiveness
We need to better understand the latent power within competition to divide and actively guard against sowing seeds of division within our society so that we can capture the potential power of competition without causing harm.
Separating people from institutions
There is no “us” and “them”. There is only “us”. Quite frankly, if we ever want to create a world worth inhabiting, there can only ever be an “us” – we are all in this together.
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Anger for social change
Anger can be a tool to motivate action so long as it is directed not at an individual but at the underlying social system that allows this injustice to take place.
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Questioning power dynamics
By refusing to accept the socially-accepted balance of power, we can begin to shift the balance of power away from institutions and pre-existing structures back towards the people.
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Question everything
For most of us, we were taught to accept truth without questioning it, because we did not have the authority to question it, even though a truth that has not been questioned, reasoned, and investigated is not a truth but an assumption.
The futility of modern political protest
The problem with modern political protest is that it, on its own, plays according to the existing rules of our political system and has little, if any, impact on policy or political action. Come see what political action requires to be successful.
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Stop following the rules
Our social, political, and economic rules were created by people who hold the power, and people who hold the power want things to stay the same so that they hold on to power.
Ignoring the issues
For those of us who are under-60, non-business-owning citizens, we are not very high on the priority list of any political strategist. But if you want us to inherit this mess, then let us start to fix it before it’s beyond repair.
Exclusionary politics and power
The problem isn’t that millennials, women, and people of colour don’t want to be involved in politics and governance; the problem is that social barriers have been specifically constructed to keep us on the periphery.