As a longtime independent democratic socialist I detect no signs of wicked and evil hearts in these candidates - Democrats and Republicans - for governor of Rhode Island. But none of them show any ability think outside the box designed long ago by Capitalist Corporate America. They all imagine that their outstanding character ( ? ) and charming personalities ( ? ) are all that it takes to deal with the chronic crises of a failing , decaying system. And they talk as if a permanent system of social injustice ( routine capitalist oppression and exploitation )can be blamed on the personal meanness of the present power holders. Don't expect THEIR public school system to teach critical thinking skills to working class kids. The Ivy League effectively brainwashes upper class kids with more sophisticated WOKE nonsense : And the result ? Privileged kids and working class high school graduates by age 30 cannot even imagine any society much different from " OUR democracy " from our capitalist Way of Life. And few will ever question the righteousness of American Imperialism over all other nation-states. Just what the world on the brink of nuclear World War III needs - more toxic nationalism.