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The current wave of capitalism was designed around the fallacy of the “the lone hero” entrepreneur, the mindset of the unicorn (a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion), and hockey stick–type of growth. This leads to monopolies, zero sum game, and winner take all. It's no surprise that there are going to be a few winners and many losers. We can all agree that the system I just described has been perfected and it's working too well for a few—leaving the majority of the population behind. We need a better system.

Desperate times call for radical measures. This starts with redesigning a system that was built to redistribute wealth and power from the many to the few. If it's done correctly, working people and their families will not only survive, but thrive, from the jobs created by massive public investment in restructuring our systems such as the energy grid and transforming our world. And we know the only ones willing to make that demand are those of us who are currently being squeezed by private interests for every last drop of profit. It will take all of us. Rather than trying to fix capitalism, we should be seeking to modify it or replace the blueprint that created it.