The World Motivation
The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
“The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.”
The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.
In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.
Voters should know what their representative is doing, what votes he casts, and who he pays, so my office will make this data readily available in a way which is easy to understand.
The process of forming government in a minority is one where you talk to everyone and see: What do you have in common? And is there enough commonality?
What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.
Probably every person is some mixture of wanting to feel a sense of commonality and shared experience with others but also wanting to feel completely singular and unique.
I know that when we interact with those we fear and hate, we will find commonality.
We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.
We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.