How to Fight Fascism – Mike Monteiro

Talk at From Business to Buttons 2017 in Stockholm. #fbtb17

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2. YOU WANNA TALK
   ABOUT DESIGN OR
   POLITICS?
   

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3. DESIGN IS ALWAYS
   POLITICAL.
   

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4. DESIGN IS:
   THE INTENTIONAL
   SOLUTION TO A
   PROBLEM WITHIN A 

   SET OF CONSTRAINTS.
   PROBLEM
   CONSTRAINTS
   INTENTIONAL
   SOLUTION
   

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5. Greensboro
   Winston-Salem
   Charlotte
   

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6. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
   

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7. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
   

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8. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
   

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9. Maps by the Washington Post.
   

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10. THE VOTING
    RIGHTS ACT
    

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22. OUR SOLUTIONS 

    CAN ONLY BE AS 

    GOOD AS WE ARE.
    

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25. “We’ll partner with in
    the world as long they’re
    about making transportation
    in cities better.”
    anyone
    

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26. “We’ll partner with anyone in
    the world as long they’re
    about making transportation
    in cities better.”
    

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27. “The HR rep began the meeting
    by asking me if I had noticed
    *I* was the common theme in
    all of the reports…
    

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28. DESIGN MUST HAVE
    AN ETHICAL CORE.
    

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30. “…the firm’s principal, did
    not want to talk about
    politics, and emphasized
    that their mission is purely
    architectural.”
    

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31. ” …something we consider 

    too dangerous to create.”
    

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32. WE ARE GATEKEEPERS.
    

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33. But Mike, won’t 

    somebody else do it?
    

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34. GOOD
    TROUBLE
    

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35. It won’t be easy…
    …but it’ll be worth it.
    

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38. THIS IS WHAT FASCISTS LOOK LIKE
    

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40. ” …something we consider 

    too dangerous to create.”
    

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41. OPPENHEIMER’S
    OPTIMISM DIED
    AT THE FIRST HURDLE
    

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42. “There are professions more
    harmful than industrial design, 

    but only a very few of them.”
    —VICTOR PAPANEK
    

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46. THE SERVICE ECONOMY
    DOESN’T CARE ABOUT
    POOR PEOPLE
    

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47. THE SERVICE ECONOMY
    DOESN’T CARE ABOUT
    BLACK PEOPLE
    

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48. THE SERVICE ECONOMY
    DOESN’T CARE ABOUT
    WOMEN
    

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49. THE SERVICE ECONOMY
    DOESN’T CARE ABOUT
    MUSLIMS
    

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50. WE DO NOT
    WORK WITH
    FASCISTS.
    

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52. THE FUTURE IS
    UNWRITTEN
    

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57. WE GOT BADASS WOMEN!
    

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58. WE GOT JOHN LEWIS!
    

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59. “Never doubt that a small
    group of thoughtful,
    committed citizens can
    change the world.
    

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60. “Indeed, it is the only thing
    that ever has.”
    

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61. THANK YOU
    MADE BY 

    AN IMMIGRANT
    

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