“I often think one of the great weaknesses of our era is that we get lone superhero movies over and over that suggest that our big problems are solved by muscly guys in spandex whose superpower is the ability to inflict and endure extraordinary violence. When actually the world mostly gets changed through collective effort. It brings up something really beautiful that Thich Nhat Hanh said at some point before he died a few years ago, which is: the next Buddha will be the Sangha. The Sangha in Buddhist terminology is the community of practitioners.”…

…“It’s the idea that we don’t have to look for an individual, for a savior, for an ubermensch. Maybe the community is the next hero. And it’s exactly what Minneapolis is. I think the counter to Trump always has been and always will be civil society.”

~Rebecca Solnit