And that future cannot simply be where we were before Trump came along (aka the world that gave us Trump). It has to be somewhere we have never been before. Picturing that place requires a reclaiming of the utopian tradition that animated so many transcendent social movements in the past. It means having the courage to paint a picture of a different world, one which, even if it exists only in our minds, can fuel us as we engage in winnable battles.

