Let’s talk about the American dream

A few months ago I wrote what it means to stay gold – To keep the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and American dreams themselves. But staying gold is not passive. It works. This action should be. The conversations needed to ask us to deal with where we were, where we were, and who we wanted.

So I’m not motivated to be honored involvement Alexander Vindman To give a talk to the historic Cooper Union Great Hall 14 days from now. I admire the way Colonel Vindman is ready to put everything in line to protect the values ​​of democracy and the American dream.

Amendment to American Dream: A path ahead

American dream is, in the core, the promise that hard work, reasonableness, and opportunity can lead to a better future. But in 2025, that promise feels like a question: How can we build our dream so it works for everyone?

Alexander and I will examine this in our joint talk by lens of democracy, community, and economic movement. We come from different backgrounds, but we strongly share faith that the American dream of each must fight.

Alexander Vindman lives in many lives to stand for what is right. He was born in Soviet Union and migrated the US as a child, growing in Brooklyn before enrolling in the US Army. For the next 21 years, he served with the difference, gaining a purple heart for the Iraqi-backed injuries and eventually increased the director of European affairs for the National Security Council. If asked to choose between the view of another way or support the values ​​he or she swears to protect, he chooses to be right. That decision is the cost of his career but not his integrity. I have a lot to know what civic duty means from Alex.

I build things on the Internet, like Stack to stack and Discourse. I am writing on the internet, on this blog. I think of the years who think about how people engage in online, how can communities work, together, like a lot of goodies, as you run a country or run a forum. requires clear expectations, fair systems, strong bases, and a uniform purpose of purpose.

This is part of Stay gold I can’t tell you, not yet, because I work hard to find it. How do you make the long-changing structure that makes the opportunity for everyone? This is a less complicated problem. But if we focus our efforts in a particular place, I believe we can change many things in this country. Maybe not all, but a thing of the foundation on the next part of our history as a country: How to move beyond individual generosity and systems that produce security, dignity, and possibility for all.

I can’t promise quick answers, but my beautiful is an honest, unchanged conversation with how we move forward, with details. The Colonel Vindman brings out the view of a person who shares the American values, and I bring the experience to build a digital community more than I dream of being.

Think about what we can do if Alex and I can work together. Think about what we can do if we All working together.

Amendment to American Dream: A path ahead