Saturday April 20, 2024; 8:38 AM EDT
- Jason Alexander said:#
- Increasingly, says the former Seinfeld star, you have the tools, now build the team. Don't wait for somebody to invite you.#
- In that 90-second video, he's talking about having a career in acting, but I'll say that he might as well be talking about active citizenship. Don't wait. The tools are, for the most part, out there. Now build the team.#
- Most of our models of citizenship in a democracy involve somebody else building the team, not us. But the tools are, for the most part, already out there. Build the team.#
- Pete Buttigieg said:#
- Back when he was mayor our here in South Bend, at an informal gathering, I had a moment to ask him a question: Do you have any advice for people who want to make their voices heard, make their voices start to matter in the wider society?#
- He paused for just a moment to think, as if he was acknowledging the fact that I had asked a real question.#
- Then he said, "Don't wait. Start now."#
- But we will have to think more clearly about the tools. About the kinds of knowledge, the mental attitudes, the skills, the tools, the kinds of alliances, the work to be done in and around our political institutions, in order to build a public voice with reach and staying power.#