Robert F. Kennedy would be 98 today 🇺🇸 When he was killed while running for President in 1968, he was proposing a radically different path for America than the endless wars and growing poverty which defined his era. RFK: “The [GDP] does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. It can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans. [It] counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear out highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.” Happy birthday, RFK.