I’ve been thinking about why America glorifies billionaires while calling working people 'takers.' And the answer isn’t pretty: we stopped seeing each other as one community. Meanwhile, the countries actually doing well decided everyone counts. I wrote about it — because I think we’re overdue for a society that wins together.

Sometimes we get angry at the consequences because it hurts too much to look at the decisions — or circumstances — that put us there in the first place. Sometimes blame becomes a place to put grief when there’s nowhere else for it to go.