WEBVTT - Reflections on the Mainstream Media

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, keeps, and welcome to WOK a f daily

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<v Speaker 1>with Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>So happy Woke Wednesday. I hope that you enjoyed, first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, the content that we rolled out last week

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of the interviews that we had each

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<v Speaker 1>and every day, you know, some legal folks and conversations

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<v Speaker 1>politicos and some of our faves while it was out

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<v Speaker 1>on vacation. But I gotta tell you, I just have

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<v Speaker 1>like some reflections of where the news cycle is right

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<v Speaker 1>now and just where my mind is right now on

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<v Speaker 1>this Woke Wednesday one. I honestly just I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>it in terms of mainstream media and their desire to

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<v Speaker 1>try and humanize Ron DeSantis. I don't get NBC News

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<v Speaker 1>and Nightline deciding to do this long form interview with

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<v Speaker 1>DeSantis and his wife, right his wife that has been

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<v Speaker 1>rolled out because the man doesn't know how to laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>eat pizza, talk to children, talk to people, talk to reporters,

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<v Speaker 1>talk to anyone. And so his wife is his secret weapon.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just want us to think about the role

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<v Speaker 1>that conservative, Republican, racist white women have played throughout history

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. We oftentimes talk about the slaveholder, right,

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<v Speaker 1>the master, the man. We don't often talk about the woman,

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<v Speaker 1>the mistress of the house, the one that perpetuated the

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<v Speaker 1>violence that she saw right, The way in which white

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<v Speaker 1>women have weaponized their femininity and their whiteness to the

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<v Speaker 1>extent that would have black men lynched, beaten, tortured, set

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<v Speaker 1>a fire right like hung It is just so you

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<v Speaker 1>look at this, and what I realized as we watch

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<v Speaker 1>this DeSantis reboot for the thirty fifth time since he's

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<v Speaker 1>announced his presidency, is that white women are consistently used

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<v Speaker 1>to soften white supremacy. You look at the Moms for Liberty, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which are the modern day daughters of the Confederacy that

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<v Speaker 1>rewrote the story of the Civil War. Oh, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>about slavery and the ability to own people and have

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<v Speaker 1>forced labor for free in order to you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>order to elevate the wealth of white slave holder ripe

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<v Speaker 1>and in order to continue to have agriculture be the

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<v Speaker 1>major output. That it was because of forced slave labor. Oh, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was. It was a rebellion. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a story about states rights. It was whatever it was

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<v Speaker 1>that they decided to reimagine their reality. So it's not

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<v Speaker 1>new what white Republican racist women are doing now versus

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<v Speaker 1>what they did in the twentieth century, the nineteenth century,

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<v Speaker 1>the eighteenth century, and so on and so forth. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the same shit. Right, So when you look at DeSantis's wife,

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<v Speaker 1>and I honestly, Casey DeSantis makes me sick in so

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<v Speaker 1>many fucking ways, right, like, so many ways. And when

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<v Speaker 1>I look at her and how even the reporters in

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<v Speaker 1>that interview, you know, what does it mean? And all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things, and she's emoting and you know, has

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<v Speaker 1>forcible tears and all of this bullshit. I'm just like,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a performer. You're a craven, power hungry person, right,

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<v Speaker 1>who knows how to work inside of this white supremacist,

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<v Speaker 1>patriarchal fucking web that is the Republican Party, because you

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<v Speaker 1>would probably do better running on your own ticket, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which would probably be a disaster for Democrats, because there

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<v Speaker 1>is nothing that this country eats up more than the

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<v Speaker 1>softening the feminization of white supremacy. Right. Then you have

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<v Speaker 1>names like a Mom's for liberty, right, you have things

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<v Speaker 1>that are you know, uh, telling women other women, telling women, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>don't go into professions, just have babies, marry the right man. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to be called one of those feminists, right,

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<v Speaker 1>You don't want to be thinking for yourself. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need bodily autonomy. So they roll out these soft faces,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, literally putting lipstick on a pig and sending

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<v Speaker 1>them out. Who do I blame for the latest incarnation

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<v Speaker 1>of white Republican racist women, John McCain. Had he never

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<v Speaker 1>introduced the fucking world to Sarah Palin and her six

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<v Speaker 1>pack Joe and her like around the way type of folksism,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of this shit we wouldn't be seeing. It

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have become a part of just everyday lexicon and

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<v Speaker 1>Republican culture, and so well, you know again, this story

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<v Speaker 1>has kind of been sticking with me as Rohn DeSantis

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<v Speaker 1>has just fired his campaign manager. The man announced like

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<v Speaker 1>two and a half three months ago. We've been speculating

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<v Speaker 1>on his run for the presidency for a while, But

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<v Speaker 1>when you think about how many fucking reboots this bullshit

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<v Speaker 1>campaign has been through, it's like, give up the ghost.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to be asked point blank whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump won the election.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, of course he did holda la la right, Like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be asked to explain your thoughts on

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<v Speaker 2>slavery again, which you clearly bumble.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually you don't bumble, because what you said is how

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<v Speaker 1>you feel. Enslaved people who were raped and tortured and

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<v Speaker 1>hung and abused and maimed right and murdered. Oh, but

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<v Speaker 1>they learned skills. It was really a jobs program. It

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<v Speaker 1>was an internship, if you will. What you fail to

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<v Speaker 1>know because you don't believe in learning history, you fucking

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<v Speaker 1>puppet of a man, Ron de Santis, is that those

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<v Speaker 1>black people, those enslaved African people, came with skills right

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<v Speaker 1>because they were already part of community. They weren't just

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of empty headed like I don't know animals

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<v Speaker 1>roaming around West Africa and South Abuna. They were people, brothers, sisters, mothers, aunts, cousins, friends, weavers, farmers,

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<v Speaker 1>right blacks men like they had roles and jobs, and

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<v Speaker 1>you stole them from their communities. So they didn't learn

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<v Speaker 1>skills during slavery. They actually brought those skills with them

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<v Speaker 1>and were forced to utilize those skills for free. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't expect white reporters to follow up with questions

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<v Speaker 1>that like would actually have this motherfucker look as stupid

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<v Speaker 1>as he fucking sounds. So that's like it with my

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts on DeSantis right now. I would really just like

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<v Speaker 1>this motherfucker to go away.

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<v Speaker 3>I really would you have Greg Abbott in Texas who

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<v Speaker 3>is just as bad as Ron DeSantis, but like just

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<v Speaker 3>can't seem to I guess Garner the amount of the

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<v Speaker 3>tension and headlines.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's just like he tries to one up him

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<v Speaker 1>with his cruelty. So apparently come to find out, which

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<v Speaker 1>I did not know, but I want to share with

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<v Speaker 1>all of you, and maybe you did know. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know that people in prison have to pay for water,

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<v Speaker 1>so the water that they get like let's say a

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<v Speaker 1>cup of tap water. We know that we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>basic apartment buildings and communities right like in Jackson or

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<v Speaker 1>Flint with good running water, right, so we think that

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<v Speaker 1>prisons have them, so they have to pay for bottled water. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that there have been prisoners that have been dying,

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<v Speaker 1>just as there have been people who are not prisoned

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas that have been dying because a fucking state

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<v Speaker 1>in some areas has reached like over one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty degrees climate change, but you know, we don't talk

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<v Speaker 1>about that in Texas. So now grab that Gabbott. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only did he this summer pass legislation that would make

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<v Speaker 1>it okay to deny workers, construction workers, field workers, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>water breaks in one hundred and plus degree weather, but

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<v Speaker 1>now in prison people, he's gonna raise the price of

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<v Speaker 1>bottled water on them. It's like, you can't make this

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<v Speaker 1>shit up, right, Like if you were to think about

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, like a Bond movie in creating the

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<v Speaker 1>next villain, It's like, you could not create this right,

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's just absurd. The lack of humanity, empathy, compassion

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<v Speaker 1>towards anybody is just wild to me. Like these people,

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<v Speaker 1>these people that are in charge, they are really the

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<v Speaker 1>true animals. They are the app I mean, they are

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<v Speaker 1>devoid of compassion, empathy, heart, spirit, right morals values. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is the kind of legislation that he's passing. As

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<v Speaker 1>well as Texas is being taken to task this week

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<v Speaker 1>on their abortion band being unconstitutional and two fucking extreme.

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<v Speaker 1>The case is being brought by a number of women

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<v Speaker 1>who were already mothers who needed medical interventions because their

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<v Speaker 1>babies were going to be born with half a skull

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<v Speaker 1>or dead or what have you. And we listen to

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<v Speaker 1>some of those women provide testimony before Congress and they're

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<v Speaker 1>suing the state. So instead of doing things to actually

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<v Speaker 1>help people, whether it is in Florida or it is

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas, these fucking governors are like, what is the

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<v Speaker 1>next cruel thing that we can imagine and then let's

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<v Speaker 1>institute it. It's fucking insane, is what it is. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just like, the messaging against Republicans is actually really easy.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no compassionate Remember when George W. Bush had

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<v Speaker 1>come out with like what was it the compassionate conservative

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever it was that he was offering, as he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>tagline that doesn't exist. It's the cruel conservative. Cruelty is

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<v Speaker 1>the point, and that's all you need to message. And

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<v Speaker 1>what I find really interesting as we're as we're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're watching an election play out, and by the time

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<v Speaker 1>that you guys listen to this, we may know the

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<v Speaker 1>outcome in Ohio with the Republicans trying to change the

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<v Speaker 1>constitution because there are enough votes to enshrine abortion into

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<v Speaker 1>the constitution, and so now Republicans not listening to the

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<v Speaker 1>will of the people in Ohio are now trying to

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<v Speaker 1>change the Constitution and make any amendment require sixty votes

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to a simple majority, which is fifty plus one.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is all about abortion. Abortion is not specifically

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<v Speaker 1>on the ballot in Ohio that they are voting on

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<v Speaker 1>as I'm recording this, but that is the goal. And

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<v Speaker 1>what I think is really interesting is that you are

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<v Speaker 1>finding that white folks now who may have felt themselves

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<v Speaker 1>to be neutral. Oh, you know, I'm socially you know, liberal,

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<v Speaker 1>but fiscally conservative, know all that bullshit language that allows you,

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<v Speaker 1>as Martin Luther King used to warn us, to be

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<v Speaker 1>neutral in the face of injustice, right, is that they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>wait a minute, So it's not just black and brown

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<v Speaker 1>people whose votes you're trying to suppress and whose voices

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to silence, Like, it's ours too, And so

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<v Speaker 1>now all of a sudden, folks are just like whoa whah, whoah,

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<v Speaker 1>whah whah. Maybe all Republicans going a little too fucking

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<v Speaker 1>far now, Mind you, this same group of people has

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<v Speaker 1>been doing this for decades upon decades, centuries upon centuries.

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<v Speaker 1>If you really want to get into the history of it,

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<v Speaker 1>but when it comes to abortion, which also affects said

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<v Speaker 1>white woman. Now all of a sudden, these folks are

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<v Speaker 1>waking up and starting to say, oh, no, I have

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<v Speaker 1>a voice. This is a democracy, and you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>the people at the majority say that they want to

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<v Speaker 1>enshrine abortion access into our constitution, then we should rock

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<v Speaker 1>with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So they are starting to see very clearly Martin Neamuhler's poem.

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<v Speaker 1>First they come for right. First they come for the

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<v Speaker 1>queer people. But I'm not queer, so I don't say anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they come for the black people, but I'm not black,

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<v Speaker 1>so I don't say anything. Then they come for the

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<v Speaker 1>Latino people, the Asian people, the Indigenous people. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>say anything, right, and then they come for me. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the situation that we are beginning to find ourselves in.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I'm doing the messaging for the Democratic Party,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what I'm talking about. I'm saying, oh, so, first

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<v Speaker 1>they come for queer books, Then they come for books

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<v Speaker 1>written by and for black people and black culture. Then

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<v Speaker 1>it's Asian Americans, and it's this. Then it's curtailing what

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<v Speaker 1>you can talk about, where you can say it, what

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<v Speaker 1>you can read, how you can think that is about

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<v Speaker 1>as anti American and as anti democratic as you can

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<v Speaker 1>possibly be. Who does that serve? Right? So it was

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<v Speaker 1>all finding good when you all are hating the same people,

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<v Speaker 1>but recognize that they will turn on you too, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that is what folks are starting to

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<v Speaker 1>get hip to and to recognize. So we'll see how

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<v Speaker 1>things turn out in Ohio and whether or not. As

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<v Speaker 1>you know, mainstream media loves to say whether it's a

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<v Speaker 1>bell weather for what is going to happen in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four, Like does American want fascism that we seem

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<v Speaker 1>to be feeding to them, you know, like ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>little by little. And I'm just like, if the media

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<v Speaker 1>actually did their job, maybe they would be raising an

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<v Speaker 1>alarm and not just doing softball interviews with one of

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<v Speaker 1>the main fascists, Ron de Santis and his fascist wife.

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<v Speaker 1>But these are the same people, right, same industry that

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<v Speaker 1>interviewed Hitler about the long walks he liked to take

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<v Speaker 1>and put him in the Home and Gardens section at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time that he was putting Jewish people on

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<v Speaker 1>trains to gas chambers. That's what the mainstream media did.

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<v Speaker 1>What is old is new again? Just like the child

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<v Speaker 1>labor laws that Sarah Huckabee Sanders just passed right that

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<v Speaker 1>allows for child labor. Don't need any papers, don't need anything,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're seeing young people die at these factories, get

0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.359
<v Speaker 1>caught in machines that they shouldn't be operating. We fought

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<v Speaker 1>against child labor for decades, and now they are smiling

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<v Speaker 1>while they're signing legislation again. Because guess what, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>their fucking kids or their grandkids that are the ones

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<v Speaker 1>that are going to be forced to work, right, It's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the ones that no one is paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to, the ones that need to help provide for

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<v Speaker 1>their families, and so nobody's going to be looking out

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<v Speaker 1>for their protection, for their well being. It's just you

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<v Speaker 1>know this, You know. There's also to this obsession with

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<v Speaker 1>the Oppenheimheimer movie Oppenheimer. I didn't see it. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>really interested at all. I know that it's supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be good and the acting is supposed to be great,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm just like, I'm not interested in the story.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason why I'm not interested in stories because

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<v Speaker 1>the Hollywood version, like most things, is a lie. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no empty land that this testing of nuclear weapons

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<v Speaker 1>was happening. It was indigenous land. People were living, their communities,

0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:55.400
<v Speaker 1>tribes were living there, and they forced them out, gave

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<v Speaker 1>them twenty four hours notice. And the packs physical emotional,

0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:10.040
<v Speaker 1>mental impacts of that explosion had never been paid out

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<v Speaker 1>by the United States. And so Hollywood makes a story

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<v Speaker 1>and says, oh, look, there was nobody here, just the

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<v Speaker 1>same way that what Rick Scott said a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. Oh, when the ships came, there was nobody

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<v Speaker 1>in America. Was just an empty parking lot. Apparently, No,

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<v Speaker 1>there was just no one you cared about that was here.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like, you know, the more you learn, the

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<v Speaker 1>more you just your stomach turns. You know. It's I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how any president really talks about America being

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest country. And I know that they have to,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's just like, how do you honestly, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>possibly believe that, right, Like, can't possibly believe it when

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to other countries and you're seeing their infrastructure,

0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.520
<v Speaker 1>you're seeing universal health care, you're seeing their treatment of workers.

0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:14.919
<v Speaker 1>You're seeing other countries that are industrialized that have a

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<v Speaker 1>month off in the everyone has a month off in

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<v Speaker 1>the summer that people have healthcare people have, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bullet trains and clean streets and you know, and look

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<v Speaker 1>out for one another. You can't possibly look at that

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<v Speaker 1>as you travel this globe and come back and say,

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<v Speaker 1>but America is the greatest place. How I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's the worst, but it's sure as fuck is not

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<v Speaker 1>the best. Not when you, as a black person, can

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<v Speaker 1>be shot in your car for rolling through a stop sign,

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<v Speaker 1>or if you've stopped at the stop sign and the

0:20:55.119 --> 0:21:01.960
<v Speaker 1>cop just doesn't give a fuck that day, right, Not

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<v Speaker 1>if you can guesstimate the life expectancy of an entire

0:21:09.000 --> 0:21:18.159
<v Speaker 1>community based on their income tax. It just, you know,

0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:22.440
<v Speaker 1>folks like it just doesn't make sense to then turn

0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:24.680
<v Speaker 1>around and say, but where the greatest, the greatest? At

0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:31.960
<v Speaker 1>what exploitation? I just you know, sometimes I look at

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<v Speaker 1>this country and I look at its leaders, and I think,

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<v Speaker 1>imagine having the power, the wealth and the access to

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<v Speaker 1>do good for so many and just choosing not to

0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:52.240
<v Speaker 1>give a fuck that the greed and the power is

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<v Speaker 1>just that's just all consuming, that you've lost all eyes

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<v Speaker 1>on humanity, on the collective. No, when I think about

0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:09.239
<v Speaker 1>America these days, and I tell you all, I'm in

0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:15.080
<v Speaker 1>the midst almost finished with reading Bell Hooks All about Love,

0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:19.600
<v Speaker 1>which is an incredible, an incredible piece of work because

0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:24.000
<v Speaker 1>you realize that like she talks about love in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of so many different forms, but really like in the

0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:34.239
<v Speaker 1>body politic and how you can't possibly have capitalism and

0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:37.000
<v Speaker 1>center love at the same time. There's just no way.

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<v Speaker 1>They're contradictory.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>One is about over consumption, materialism and greed, making sure

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<v Speaker 1>that there is a class that is always going to

0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:50.199
<v Speaker 1>be at the bottom. Right, Like, you can create a

0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:56.280
<v Speaker 1>compassionate society because capitalism, just like democracy, was made the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck up by a group of people in a room,

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<v Speaker 1>So why is it so inconceivable for us to design

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<v Speaker 1>something better? So when people sit around and they're just like, well,

0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.000
<v Speaker 1>there's nothing that we can do, Like this is the

0:23:11.000 --> 0:23:13.600
<v Speaker 1>way that it was, It wasn't always the fucking way.

0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:17.960
<v Speaker 1>And it's just like the more you know, you have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to do things better, except there's an entire party,

0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:26.639
<v Speaker 1>you know, in thirty percent of the population that doesn't

0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:29.760
<v Speaker 1>want better for the whole, So you need to air

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<v Speaker 1>that shit out.

0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:34.879
<v Speaker 2>Ugh.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I'm just like it doesn't have to be this hard,

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<v Speaker 1>It truly doesn't. It doesn't have to be this hard.

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<v Speaker 1>We have more resources, more access to information. But I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that we are living in a time of more

0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:58.679
<v Speaker 1>greed than I think we've ever seen. Tell me if

0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:01.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm wrong, get at me on the socials. Is this

0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:05.960
<v Speaker 1>time that we're living in greedier than any other time?

0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:08.800
<v Speaker 1>I feel like it. I feel like the wealth gap

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<v Speaker 1>is so obscene in comparison to where it has been.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, y'all, but you know, sometimes I take

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<v Speaker 1>these breaks and I come back and I'm super fired up,

0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:27.439
<v Speaker 1>and I'm happy to be happy to be back, and

0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:31.080
<v Speaker 1>I just like look around, and it's just how do

0:24:31.160 --> 0:24:37.399
<v Speaker 1>you get yourself off of the hamster wheel? Right? Because

0:24:37.400 --> 0:24:41.639
<v Speaker 1>it is this, it's this constant desire to have to consume,

0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:47.720
<v Speaker 1>recognizing that we ain't leaving this world with it, right,

0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:51.760
<v Speaker 1>So shouldn't everybody have some? Like imagine if the government

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<v Speaker 1>was actually structured in a way where everyone had a

0:24:56.280 --> 0:25:00.639
<v Speaker 1>basic income level, right, Like, there will always be those

0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:06.560
<v Speaker 1>that do more what have you, but that basic income

0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:18.000
<v Speaker 1>level so that food shelter, healthcare was covered. You're telling

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<v Speaker 1>me we can't, we can't do that, right, Like we

0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:27.240
<v Speaker 1>want to write articles about oh my god, the corporate

0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:31.160
<v Speaker 1>real estate industry is taking a nosedive because people don't

0:25:31.200 --> 0:25:32.960
<v Speaker 1>want to go back to work because people don't want

0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:36.320
<v Speaker 1>to be fucking exploited. And what COVID opened up for

0:25:36.400 --> 0:25:38.320
<v Speaker 1>those that were privileged to stay home is that I

0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:40.679
<v Speaker 1>don't have to go into this cubicle. I don't have

0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:42.720
<v Speaker 1>to go into this office to do this job. I

0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:45.280
<v Speaker 1>can do this job, and I can cook dinner and

0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:47.680
<v Speaker 1>make it for my family, and I can like fold

0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:51.159
<v Speaker 1>laundry while I'm on this fucking call, right, Like, I

0:25:51.160 --> 0:25:54.520
<v Speaker 1>can live a life. I don't have to be chained.

0:25:58.480 --> 0:26:01.120
<v Speaker 1>So I'm like, we can't think about what a basic

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<v Speaker 1>income level would look like so that people have their

0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:10.880
<v Speaker 1>basic needs met, so that we can do away with homelessness,

0:26:11.320 --> 0:26:19.800
<v Speaker 1>child poverty, food insecurity. Like, imagine if the people who

0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:25.439
<v Speaker 1>were put in charge of our government came from a

0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:33.480
<v Speaker 1>place of compassion. Oh, we don't have money for that. Bullshit, bullshit,

0:26:33.560 --> 0:26:36.000
<v Speaker 1>we don't have money for that, and we fall for

0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:43.360
<v Speaker 1>the fucking ropodope And it's a fucking lie. Oh if

0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:46.200
<v Speaker 1>I had to suffer, then that person should suffer. That's

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:49.920
<v Speaker 1>not coming from a place of community and love. It's

0:26:49.960 --> 0:26:57.880
<v Speaker 1>just like when you know better, fucking do better. These

0:26:57.880 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 1>are the things that I'm ruminating on. I believe that

0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:10.360
<v Speaker 1>we are at a really reaching, a really incredible tipping

0:27:10.440 --> 0:27:21.240
<v Speaker 1>point APEX moment in our country, in our world, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you know, like I say, sometimes things

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<v Speaker 1>need to you know, you need to have a breakdown

0:27:27.680 --> 0:27:31.960
<v Speaker 1>in order to have a breakthrough all of these strikes,

0:27:32.720 --> 0:27:38.560
<v Speaker 1>the shift in working. You know, something's got to give,

0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:48.320
<v Speaker 1>but it cannot be our mental health. That is it

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<v Speaker 1>for me today, dear friends, on this woke Wednesday, Get

0:27:52.160 --> 0:27:56.119
<v Speaker 1>at me on the broke down Twitter, which is x

0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:57.760
<v Speaker 1>so whatever the fuck people are calling it now, I

0:27:57.760 --> 0:28:00.320
<v Speaker 1>have no idea. I barely go on there. At me

0:28:00.400 --> 0:28:04.560
<v Speaker 1>on threads. Get at me on Instagram at D two

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<v Speaker 1>cent d E T W O c E N t F.

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<v Speaker 1>to this week. That is it for me today, dear friends.

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<v Speaker 1>As always, power to the people and to all the people. Power,

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<v Speaker 1>get woke and stay woke as fuck.