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The evidence is everywhere. Life expectancy declining. Mental health collapsing. Trust evaporating. The question is why.
U.S. Life Expectancy, 2019–2023
The largest decline in a century. We are dying younger than our parents did.
Youth Mental Health Crisis
of teen girls experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness in 2021. A generation in crisis.
Trust in Government
Down from 77% in 1964. The social contract is unraveling.
Wealth Transfer Since 1979
Fifty trillion dollars. Transferred from workers to shareholders. The largest redistribution in human history.
The Root Cause
"The fundamental origin of humanity's present predicament is society's all-encompassing fixation on maximizing risk-adjusted shareholder returns, to the neglect of every other concern and constituency."
From 1945 to 1975, productivity gains were shared. Workers got raises. Hours got shorter. A single income could raise a family.
Then we chose differently. Not through law—through acceptance. We let them convince us it was inevitable.
It wasn't. It isn't. We can choose again.
The same clarity that reveals the problem illuminates the path forward. We know the root cause. We can address it.
"To be, or not to be..."
We chose the affirmative half.
Being over having. Life over money. Existence over extraction.
The Climb Back
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Long-form analysis of how shareholder primacy became humanity's singular religion—and what we can do about it.
Read the Analysis02
Share what's in your heart in 17 syllables. A small act of being human together.
Create a Haiku03
Systematic documentation of democratic erosion, preparing for remediation and reform.
Explore the Tracker04
Our action network. Flood legislators, media, and influencers with the message of shared prosperity.
Join the SurgeEvery generation inherits a duty: pay the gift forward. I have four children. I refuse to accept that their world must be worse than mine. Will you climb with us?
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