Vox Populi:

If there was ever a moment when progressives needed to communicate our vision to the people of our country, this is that time. Despair is not an option.

As we enter this new year, it’s important to reflect upon the reality that we are living in a pivotal and volatile moment in American history. Within that context our job is not only to understand what’s happening all around us, but to determine the best way forward to create a nation and world that benefits all people, not just the wealthy and powerful few.

And right now, the defining issue of our time is that we are moving rapidly toward an oligarchic and authoritarian society in which billionaires not only dominate our economic life, but the information we consume and our politics as well.

Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than we’ve ever had.

Today, we have more concentration of ownership than we’ve ever had.

Today, we have more corporate control of the media than we’ve ever had.

Today, we have more billionaire money buying elections than ever before.

Today, we have a president-elect who is a pathological liar, who has little regard for the rule of law, who is suing media outlets that criticize him and threatening to jail his political opponents.

A manifestation of the current moment is the rise of Elon Musk, and all that he stands for.

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