WEBVTT - Andrew’s Christmas Special  Christmas Special Ft. Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>H Hello, Ulu, welcome to another episode of It could

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<v Speaker 1>happen here with a twist. Um, this is the holiday

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<v Speaker 1>special answer for it. UM. So you know, buckle up,

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<v Speaker 1>you know Santa might make an appearance. UM. But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to take a moment to discuss, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>this whole idea of Christmas. This practice is globally celebrated

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<v Speaker 1>cultural festivity, and I guess on the not to be

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<v Speaker 1>stereotypically leftist, but the issues I have with it alongside um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think some of the ah best UM and most

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<v Speaker 1>I think UM hopeful elements within it. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>about the rest of you. UM. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm joined by Garrison and Christopher. I'm very excited we

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<v Speaker 1>get we get to finally talk about the issue that

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<v Speaker 1>I've been wanting to talk about ever ever since we

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<v Speaker 1>started the show. How telling your kids that Santa exists

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<v Speaker 1>is actually child abuse? This is very exciting. I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>we can have this civil discussion to to to cover

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<v Speaker 1>these these hard hitting topics that are impacting us most.

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<v Speaker 1>In trying to say this like a Santin's abolitionist or something. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I think the fact that we condone lying to children

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<v Speaker 1>in this way every Christmas is. I'm sorry, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's so politically unrealistic. I don't know how you have

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<v Speaker 1>a platform. I can't take that seriously. Um, it teaches

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<v Speaker 1>our kids not to trust us. Um. It starts. It

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<v Speaker 1>is really an extension of the great Man theory that

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<v Speaker 1>Santa as this man, is the only one capable of

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<v Speaker 1>delivering all these presents. I think it's I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>quite trying to say so. It's a manifestation of patriarchy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, it is, it is quite. It's it's quite problematic. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know those elves are not getting paid. You know

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<v Speaker 1>that Santa has tried to bust unions at his workshop

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<v Speaker 1>every year. Um, I don't think this reindeer are treated

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<v Speaker 1>very well. Um. There is a whole, a whole lot

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<v Speaker 1>of issues here. Yeah, it's a normalization of the surveillance state.

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<v Speaker 1>It right on the shelves, classic, Yeah. Elf on the

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<v Speaker 1>shelf came to rise after the Patriot Act was introduced

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<v Speaker 1>to condition American children into thinking it's okay to always

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<v Speaker 1>be watched. This is it's it's this, this, this is sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Parents are culpable in promoting this myth. Um. I think

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<v Speaker 1>this needs to be addressed. You know what, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I think. I think you all need

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<v Speaker 1>to be Christmas pilled. I don't know about show, but

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<v Speaker 1>I love I love Christmas, and I think, um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's I think we need to take a Christmas bill. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, of course the actual gift getting hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>the best, especially we want to get past it. It

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<v Speaker 1>just like, okay, this is what it is. That but

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the the unity and the joy and the excitement,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean what about that? You know, the color, the

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<v Speaker 1>food and the drink, getting people together, um, catching up.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, celebrated in many different ways, religiously and non religiously,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course it's not even celebrated at all, um

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<v Speaker 1>in some places and with some people. Um. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there are other religious observances and holidays around this time.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't like Kinnaka and concern whatever else. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of us are most familiar with Christmas,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think we're you know, mostly familiar with the

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<v Speaker 1>origins of Christmas. That's not the kind of episode we're

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<v Speaker 1>getting into here. Um. I think you know, we all

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<v Speaker 1>known about Jesus and you and sat Anlia and all

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<v Speaker 1>that fun stuff, knows it about Charles Dickens and Scrooge

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<v Speaker 1>and of course the die diagram of Scrooge and cringe

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<v Speaker 1>and you know whether or not those two concepts will

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<v Speaker 1>a laugh. But I want to look more to these

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<v Speaker 1>sort of you know, ideas of what Christmas is, what

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<v Speaker 1>it means, you know, UM, and really how a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of our society's issues come to the forefront around this

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<v Speaker 1>time of year. Um, the scourge of Scrooge is particularly apparent.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, for many, Christmas is basically capitalism on steroids.

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<v Speaker 1>For one, UM and Santa have to sort of promote

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<v Speaker 1>that from an early age as a propaganda tool of

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<v Speaker 1>the capitalist as I'm sure would UM would. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you great. Well that's the episode everybody again. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you I hope you have a good holiday season.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wait, I think Andrew is more to say. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're wrapping up a little bit EARLYI there,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but you know, we can't talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that, you know, Santa really is UM a big

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<v Speaker 1>fan of this like ultimate now you know, the GDP

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<v Speaker 1>growth full of inducing this this pro growth ist capitalist

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<v Speaker 1>production for production sake, consumption for consumption sake, like the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that Santa expects children to write and request something

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<v Speaker 1>from him every single year. Um, that he he, he

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<v Speaker 1>stakes an entire holiday upon his own business and upon

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<v Speaker 1>his own you know production, whole industrial apparatus a center

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<v Speaker 1>around this one event, um. And I mean the sort

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<v Speaker 1>of consumption we see here on Christmas season, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>it ramps up, you know, online stores, department stores, malls

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<v Speaker 1>just posting with with people, um, looking to bye bye

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<v Speaker 1>bye all around the world. In America, at least twenty

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen so Americans spent over one trillion dollars just in

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<v Speaker 1>the Christmas season. I mean, it's just glorious excess, honestly.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course there's also the excessive you know, decorating

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<v Speaker 1>and shopping and drinking and the US and sort of

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<v Speaker 1>arrites with those things. And that sort of over indulgence

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<v Speaker 1>is part of what's seriously harm on the planet. Not

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, blame individuals and exclusively because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously the sort of thing is encouraged by you know,

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<v Speaker 1>advertising and by the entire industries that builds around around

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<v Speaker 1>this this idea of consumerism. But the holiday is basically,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's become this thing where the focal point

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<v Speaker 1>is to indulge, to splooge, to consume um. And you

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<v Speaker 1>see a lot of Christmas movies too, I mean Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>of the Crowns is when particularly iconic example, and all this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, consumerism, it feels like we lose sight of

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<v Speaker 1>the purpose, you know, of the gift giving. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think we've lost our selves less nature. I think we've

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<v Speaker 1>lost some of the heart within it. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>by design a natural tendency to care for the people

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<v Speaker 1>in our lives, a sort of exploited um. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're expected by the systems, are super hyper competitively in

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<v Speaker 1>the spirit of coupitlism. But now we have to be

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<v Speaker 1>super generous and caring around this time of year, but

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<v Speaker 1>just in a way that just so happens to profit

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<v Speaker 1>campus anyway. It's like, yeah, yeah, be generous, be caring

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<v Speaker 1>and stuff by this gift for you know, you know

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<v Speaker 1>you loved one, and I will pocket the change. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it has to be that way. But

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<v Speaker 1>the commercialization of what we wants, who the days is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it tends to do that. And of course

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<v Speaker 1>with all these soup kitchens and canned food drives and

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<v Speaker 1>Red Cross Santa's outside groceries pulling and for some donations.

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<v Speaker 1>Um and by the way, it don't donate to Red Cross,

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of problematic salvation Army do not do not

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<v Speaker 1>donative salvation salvation my bad, it's I think that's confusing them.

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<v Speaker 1>Red Cross just takes credit for anarchist projects in the

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<v Speaker 1>relief of disasters and salation. Harmy hates gay people, so

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<v Speaker 1>it also has also has shot anarchists. I think they

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<v Speaker 1>don't talk about very much. Well, m that should probably

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<v Speaker 1>be an episode. Yeah, there's another way of that, but yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's like all this stuff is happening, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like this sort of performance of all of a

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<v Speaker 1>sudden we care about um, what's the name of that

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<v Speaker 1>little kid from Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim? All of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>we care about tiny Tim in a system that literally

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<v Speaker 1>requires an impoverished base of people. You know, poverty is

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<v Speaker 1>certainly this virtue that we we look to help to meliorate.

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<v Speaker 1>To be careful, you know, we we want to uplift

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<v Speaker 1>the tiny Tims. We want to warm the hearts of

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<v Speaker 1>the Scrooge McDuck's of the world. The rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like, oh, well, in this underclass is a

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<v Speaker 1>patrol and the class needs to exist. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>extension of our tendency towards mutually throughout the year and

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<v Speaker 1>across bonds of kid and on kind of like, um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's something that we should pursue UM to prefigure a

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<v Speaker 1>gift economy UM, not just around a particular season, but

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<v Speaker 1>year round. I think that is both while exercise to

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<v Speaker 1>look into and of course I think an ideal you

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<v Speaker 1>would want to see. I guess we could call us

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<v Speaker 1>my Christmas wish UM readjustment to this sort of consumption

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<v Speaker 1>around this time of year, the one that is done

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<v Speaker 1>with a sort of ad growth mindset. One of his

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<v Speaker 1>cognizance of local condition is the one that seeks to

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<v Speaker 1>reduce food miles soccalizes the production consumption. So that's I

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<v Speaker 1>guess wish number one. Christmas wish number one. Let's um,

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<v Speaker 1>let's make a gift economy rather than a capitalist gift

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<v Speaker 1>consumption day. And of course I think our next Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>wish on this topic would be a wish for work abolition.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, with all that consumpation happening around this time,

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<v Speaker 1>yet it really does a number on the service and

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<v Speaker 1>manufacturing and delivery and so and so forth workers around

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<v Speaker 1>the world. You know, work sucks in general, but its

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<v Speaker 1>extra sucks around this time of year. Um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with sweatshop labor, with retail hell. Around this season, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really the opposite of peace on you for a good

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<v Speaker 1>chunk of the working class. You could call it the

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<v Speaker 1>season for overworking. And it's not just for um, you know, gears,

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<v Speaker 1>token oppressed group, you know, the elves, like the other

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<v Speaker 1>workers that are being exploited that we should probably be championing. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We we talked about this in a couple of China

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<v Speaker 1>episodes that I did. But one of the big reasons

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<v Speaker 1>for the sort of huge like workers up risings in

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<v Speaker 1>China in the last like a few weeks was that

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<v Speaker 1>like basically a bunch of people got locked into a

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<v Speaker 1>factory because Fox Gone and Apple were trying to hit

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<v Speaker 1>the Christmas like production targets, and people started fighting the

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<v Speaker 1>cops because they were like, this actually sucks. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be stuck in here being lied to by

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<v Speaker 1>how much I'm going to get paid so that these

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<v Speaker 1>companies can have their Christmas sales. I mean, yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's completely fair to say that the worker

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<v Speaker 1>elves are very mistreated. Um. But with the exception I

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<v Speaker 1>think of specifically the elf on the shelf elves. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think those count as workers. Elves are cops. They

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<v Speaker 1>only function as snitches for the surreal state. So yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the elf workers are are mistreated um and should unionize

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<v Speaker 1>and and should should deserve way more support and possibly

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<v Speaker 1>even the abolition of of work. But the ELpH on

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<v Speaker 1>the shelf elves are not workers. I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>that's an important distinction. Yeah. Yeah, it's like the the

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<v Speaker 1>class strator is more than anything exactly, Yeah, very blatantly.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, it really is, you know, the season for

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<v Speaker 1>you know, with all this, it's very interesting that that's

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<v Speaker 1>really what triggered the protests in China. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>would love to see celebrations and festivals have given in

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of an archic society. But it doesn't fail.

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<v Speaker 1>No's at the right that these festivities um built on

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<v Speaker 1>the exploitation of others. I mean, what kind of celebration

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<v Speaker 1>is it to be had when people are suffering in

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<v Speaker 1>such a capacity to produce that sort of celebration. And

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of suffering. I think, um, there are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people who suffer through family around this time of year.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think some people actually appreciate having to work

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<v Speaker 1>through the holidays because it means they don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>deal with said family. And I mean family is a

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<v Speaker 1>big focus and the sort of culture of Christmas. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, unlike the greeting cards and the billboards and

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that everyone's family is picture perfect, and holiday is

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<v Speaker 1>often open a lot of wounds and heightened read for

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. Um. People continue to hear people um,

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<v Speaker 1>and toxicity and intoxication is brought under one roof during

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas celebrations, bigotree abuse, that sort of thing. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>a fun time for some people. And I think it's important, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>in this season and in general, to let go of

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<v Speaker 1>this sort of patriarchal and restriction designation of family in

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<v Speaker 1>favor of something that is more subject to choice, to agency,

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<v Speaker 1>to consent to you know, more expanded forms of kinship,

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<v Speaker 1>bringing people together who care for and enjoy and want

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<v Speaker 1>to share each other's company, you know, create a new traditions,

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<v Speaker 1>to build new bonds of solarity and care. Um. I think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, opportunities like these. Seasons like these enable us

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<v Speaker 1>to demonstrate the veracity of the liberation that can be

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<v Speaker 1>had in our projects. I think it's something that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people need around this season because mental health

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<v Speaker 1>boways seem to worsen around this time of year. They

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<v Speaker 1>often toxic culture of Christmas could be clearly bad people's

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<v Speaker 1>mental health, you know, with loneliness and depression and suicide

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<v Speaker 1>and the struggle to care your basic needs, let alone

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy the season. And it takes some big tool on

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<v Speaker 1>people's well being. I know it's easy to say or

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<v Speaker 1>just go to therapy and whatever, but with the inaccessibility

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<v Speaker 1>of therapy and the fact that you know, therapy is

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<v Speaker 1>not necessarily a salve for material conditions. UM. There needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be a social safety net in place. They must

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<v Speaker 1>be healing in community and not just an eolution UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I think the season is another opportunity for

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<v Speaker 1>us to reflect on that and to you know, try

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<v Speaker 1>to avail ourselves to those whom we feel my peace

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<v Speaker 1>suffering at this time and if you yourself for suffering,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's trying to reach out and sort of engage

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<v Speaker 1>in that sort of mutual mutual aid and mutual support.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a lot that we can reframe and

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<v Speaker 1>reconsider surrounding Christmas. I mean, for a season of kindness

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<v Speaker 1>and given it unfortunately hoots a lot of people. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but that can change, you know, through solidarity, through generosity,

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<v Speaker 1>through kinship, solidarity organized in the bottom of the extension

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<v Speaker 1>of the principle of mutually into everyday life. Redirecting our

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<v Speaker 1>generosity he around this time from giving to the pockets

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<v Speaker 1>of billionaires to given to the people. Um. To display

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<v Speaker 1>our capacity for well doing, to think locally, to think

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<v Speaker 1>d I y, to think meaningful rather than to just

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<v Speaker 1>add another thing to the Amazon card. And of course

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<v Speaker 1>not just physically giving gifts, but as being generous with

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<v Speaker 1>our time and our love and our care because we

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<v Speaker 1>do need each other. Um, not just in this time,

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<v Speaker 1>but in general. I think bred Santa had some entertaining

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<v Speaker 1>suggestions of the season. To bred Santa, of course, being

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Kropotkin, he figured that we should all pose as

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<v Speaker 1>Santa Clause perhaps there as a subversion of what he

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<v Speaker 1>represents as a capitalist, but all pools as Santa Claus

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<v Speaker 1>or as St. Nicholas, and to infiltrate the stores and

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<v Speaker 1>give way the toys um. And one postcard Krobakin route

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<v Speaker 1>that of the night before Christmas, we'll all be about

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<v Speaker 1>while the people are sleeping, we will realize or Cloud

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<v Speaker 1>will expropriate goods from the stores because that's fair and

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<v Speaker 1>distribute them widely to those we need care. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas and half your holidays to all and to

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<v Speaker 1>all are good. Fight for freedom. You can of course

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