Rising tides raise all boats; and that includes mine. The future I want to live in implicitly requires improving the conditions of the working class.
Whether my motivations, for being an active co-author of Toronto’s future, are altruistic or self indulgent is… irrelevant if *both* result in the working class receiving the:
→ same benefit
→ attention
→ resources dedicated toward priority issues *from the perspective of the working class*.
I can appreciate your gentle skepticism, though. I’ve been invested in social impact for over a decade. It’s extended into adjacent pathways, like politics, as of 2022.
And it’s been an ugly and agonizing solitary journey until recently.
My point:
I’ve been here for years with only my own sense of commitment to People Focus Change as a guiding light.
The alternative to being proactive in politics, for me and many people outside of elite, is enduring the hellish landscape born from the predatory policies of Doug Ford, and puppets like Brad Bradford who have historically abused office (ex., ethics investigation into illegal fundraising, misappropriation of public information beyond the scope of what was meant for, et al).
In either case, I expect a bit of wariness from the public in the earlier days of this campaign; and I’m okay with that so long as we’re all agreed that skepticism isn’t synonymous with pessimism.
The former is mine to navigate. The latter is a distraction and speaks to anxieties that are not mine to resolve.
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