Dear John,

In a recent speech, Joe Biden promised that “life is going to return to normal.”

He was talking about life after Covid, but he might as well have been making a promise about life after Trump.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the last four years have been traumatic for the nation. After Trump’s abuses of power, human rights violations, blatant racism, and maliciously incompetent response to the pandemic, people are understandably exhaling a sigh of relief.

But a return to “normal” would be disastrous.

Our latest video explains why we can’t give in to the allure of “normal” — because normal is what got us here.

Unless we fundamentally change course, the pandemic and economic crisis America is experiencing will be nothing compared to what’s to come. And after Biden, we could have Trumps as far as the eye can see.

In other words — back-to-normal complacency would be deadly. 

Joe Biden’s great challenge is to restore America to sanity after four years of Trumpian chaos while at the same time offering bold solutions to the crises of our time. 

Our task must be to ensure he finds the energy and political will to do so.

Thanks for watching,
Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action
   

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