In his 1A interview with Sam, Todd Zwillich shares a feeling of hopelessness many of us can relate to when he says, “….The passive nature to our politics now, you can feel beat down by it. I mean, this is my career and I feel beat down by it. It is much more of an effort for me. I don’t participate in the same way others do because [I’m a] political journalist, but I do have to pay attention. It’s a grind. It’s a grind, Sam. I mean I know you know that. What am I feeling? What’s the way out of that? I’m not an activist, but you know what I’m saying.”
In Sam’s reply he shares Apollo Astronaut Rusty Schweickert’s quote: “We aren’t passengers on spaceship Earth, we’re the crew.” and goes on to add, “Well, are we? And if we are, what does crew act like? Activist Alex Steffen said, ‘…Cynicism is obedience.’ Well if I’m cynical, then I’m just obedient to the way that things are and I’m not getting in there and doing anything about it….” T
You can hear the rest of the conversation here.
