<\/a><\/figure>\nPart of the job of the left is to raise people\u2019s expectations for what they deserve, to make it clear to them that as a person with dignity and worth, in a world of abundance, they are entitled <\/em>to have a good life and have their basic needs met. We can end low wages, medical debt, student debt, and so much more\u2014and we must. Those who stand in the way of making our lives better need to be called out for imposing <\/em>intolerable conditions. The climate crisis is a policy choice<\/a>. Poverty is a policy choice<\/a>. Homelessness is a policy choice<\/a>. The question is not whether these problems can be fixed, but what our values are: which do we care more about, corporate profits or the lives of people like Candice Davis? We can structure an economic system in a way that prioritizes the former over the latter, or vice versa, and it has nothing to do with the limits of the \u201cpossible<\/a>.\u201d It is simply about what those with the power to alter these conditions decide they care about. <\/p>\nIt is vital to keep reminding people that we are not hopeless, and our conditions can be changed (and changed quickly, as the rapid spread of the Fight for 15 movement shows). Things don\u2019t have to be this way. A better world is possible.<\/p>\n