I suppose the execs are smart enough to know they need to play along lest they become the targets of a future tantrum.

Everything the is happening right now is the direct result of our rulers (politicians and capitalists) working with each other.

No reason to play along here for any of them. They all want the same things.

But elevate and raise are synonymous, and the double entendre is kind of the whole point, here. I have no idea how it worked in the original Arabic, as this is a quote from medieval Sufi poet, Rumi. But I assume there was a similar clever play on words happening.

It means to elevate your language, rather than just get loud. Raise as in rise above.

Mexico, hands down. If you grew up in San Diego and listens to cool radio, you heard this twice a day and it slaps!

As a born and raised Southern Californian, I am horrified to have learned about the existence of Boloco from your comment. My brother in burrito, please visit San Diego, pick any place ending in “'berto’s” and enjoy a real burrito. Please. You owe it to yourself and everyone you love.

I can’t remember a time in my life where happiness was ever my default disposition.

Personally? Failure to live up to my own expectations and the crushing weight of capitalism and the state oppressing the shit out of me.