What I Would Teach a Child in My Care

That self-made individuals are a myth.
That empathy is natural and must be nurtured.
That we are all responsible for each other.
That equality is an honorable goal.
That we must protect and preserve our common wealth for our benefit and the benefit of all who come after us.
That learning is an act of love for all things unknown.
That government, of, by, and for we the governed, must equally protect and empower all breathing citizens.
That maintaining the people’s government requires citizen participation to avoid control by a minority.
That citizenship dues in proportion to one’s use of the common wealth, and growth in population, is absolutely necessary for all those who follow us and for maintaining a people’s government.
That the workplace must be democratized to minimize concentration of power that will tend to destroy democracy.