The way we live in the United States is not normal
Why we are buying land in Italy
https://kirstenpowers.substack.com/p/the-way-we-live-in-the-united-states
She ascribed this to the fact that their basic needs were met. Nobody worried about running out of money for retirement or whether they could attend college or afford health care. Because education was free and life was affordable, people chose careers based on their passions rather than on earning potential.
We need something radically different. What most of us need is healing—and a completely different way of living. We need structural changes to how we live in the United States.
It’s not just important to me personally that the US survives and thrives. It’s essential to the world that this young (and incredibly immature) nation grows up and lives up to its claims and promises about what it is.
Kirsten Powers