Building a more equal and more equitable democracy is how we build a brighter, more innovative, and more profitable economy. That is the promise and the hypothesis of the Declaration of Independence, and it is the lesson that the American experiment has taught the world again and again—through periods of both war and peace. Every time we expand equality to encompass more people and to do it more fully, we unlock another great pool of talent, intellect, and community engagement.
For too long we have had leadership that continues to embrace a top-down model of management, where decisions are made by a small number of people in a backroom or boardroom somewhere. Working from a shriveled talent pool, and with hearts that have become disconnected from the struggles and hopes of the working people, it is no wonder that they have repeatedly lost perspective and confused the difference between human rights and economic commodities, as we discuss in the different parts of my platform.
Our goals are to undo that. Expand our talent pool. Put human rights back in their place as the guiding principles that reign in the rampant drive for profits and make successful capitalism possible. To work from the bottom up, instead of top-down. To reconnect our leaders and their communities. And to unfold the as-yet-unfulfilled potential still inherent in our America.
Original source can be found here
