Forget the ‘abundance movement.’ We need Universal Basic Vitality

It’s no surprise that Mainers are willing to overlook the problematic art tattooed on Democrat Graham Platner, who is leading in his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins — just as millions have dismissed the taboo and hateful provocations of President Donald Trump over a decade. Economic populism is demonized for its tendency toward demagoguery. But policies that make the economy fairer for the populace are more justified than ever. American families feel that they can’t afford to live amid decades-long housing inflation and more are afraid of exhausting their savings than dying. Whatever was left of a people-centered economy is gone. We gave Trump two chances to repair it, New Yorkers are testing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s resolve and now Mainers are poised to do the same with Platner. Democrats have the opportunity to embrace an oppositional agenda for the first time since the 1960s — an unabashed return to the party’s Rooseveltian roots that won four consecutive terms in office and improved the quality of life for millions. President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously

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