WEBVTT - The Cost of Ignorance

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, keeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Me your Girl, Daniel Moody recording from the home bunker, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm exhausted. I find this a week. I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do anymore. It's so overwhelming. But it

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<v Speaker 1>is woke Wednesday, and there are just so many things

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<v Speaker 1>that I want to draw attention to. So I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to start with the fact that the country is literally

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<v Speaker 1>under a heat dome that isn't dissipating but instead expanding.

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<v Speaker 1>There are places across this country that are and have

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<v Speaker 1>been experiencing triple digit temperatures four weeks. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I did an interview that you all will here on

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<v Speaker 1>here next week with Danielle Kampomore who helped connect the

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<v Speaker 1>dots to how reproductive health is going to be impacted

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<v Speaker 1>by climate change. Because I think that too often when

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<v Speaker 1>we're having these conversations about climate change, or when they

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<v Speaker 1>find their way into the press, it is again a

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<v Speaker 1>string of quote unquote isolated and historic incidents. Right, We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk about the heat wave, and then there'll

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<v Speaker 1>be a story about somebody or a few people dying

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<v Speaker 1>because of said heat wave, or we'll talk about wildfires,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what is creating the heat dome that we

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<v Speaker 1>are experiencing across the country, where there are places in

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<v Speaker 1>Minneapolis and Detroit that have are on the top ten

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<v Speaker 1>list in the world of cities right now with the

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<v Speaker 1>worst air quality. Like, these are not things to shrug off,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I was in a conversation with my mother

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<v Speaker 1>earlier this week that it's just like this summer's weather

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<v Speaker 1>is so crazy. She's like, it's so weird, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not really weird. It's our new normal. And these

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<v Speaker 1>are things that people need to understand, like these things

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<v Speaker 1>are not going away. They're actually going to get worse

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<v Speaker 1>with each and every passing summer and each and every

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<v Speaker 1>passing year because those that are in power are choosing

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<v Speaker 1>to absolutely ignore this problem that is screaming in our face.

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<v Speaker 1>Right there is no way to look at the temperatures

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<v Speaker 1>that are happening in places that are normally areas that

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<v Speaker 1>can go without air condition right, that have gone without

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<v Speaker 1>air conditioning for oh, I don't know, centuries until now,

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<v Speaker 1>and people are just like, oh, well, folks need to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, run air conditioner. I told you guys this

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<v Speaker 1>the other day on the show I got to notice

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<v Speaker 1>from con ed here in New York. That's that I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was two weeks ago that I was running

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<v Speaker 1>my air conditioner, running the electricity thirty three percent higher

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<v Speaker 1>that I had in the prior weeks. So what does

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<v Speaker 1>that amount into? More electricity? More fucking money? Right, the

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<v Speaker 1>higher cost it is going to be in order to

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<v Speaker 1>live in changing temperatures. So again, folks are just like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>people just need to get air conditioners, or oh we

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<v Speaker 1>just need to stay indoors. All of that is going

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<v Speaker 1>to cost money that no one else is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be paying for other than you. And I'm telling you,

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<v Speaker 1>this fucking ignorance that the Republican Party perpetuates is expensive, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Ignorance is not cheap actually, And so you have in

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<v Speaker 1>these places where we are going to again we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the human toll with people, you know, passing out,

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<v Speaker 1>with people dying right from heat strokes. You talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that when temperatures exceed right ninety something degrees,

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<v Speaker 1>pregnant people go into labor sooner, which means that they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be giving birth earlier, which means that there

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be more children that wind up in

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<v Speaker 1>the NICKU that need more attention and care as their

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<v Speaker 1>lives right develop, which is going to put pressure on

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<v Speaker 1>what are already broken down healthcare system. Like, folks, it

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<v Speaker 1>just behooves us to connect the goddamn dots here and

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<v Speaker 1>see that our elected officials choosing to be ostriches is

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<v Speaker 1>not only going to cost us our lives because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know whose body temperature can exist. As we start

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<v Speaker 1>to see temperatures around the world, Like I reported on

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<v Speaker 1>this the other week, and I fucking tweeted it out.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was in Iran in the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere where the temperature was one hundred and twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>fucking degrees. Our bodies cannot sustain. Human bodies cannot sustain

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<v Speaker 1>in that temperature. So you're looking at areas in Las Vegas,

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<v Speaker 1>You're looking at parts of Texas. You're looking at you know,

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<v Speaker 1>areas like Denver, Colorado is in triple digits right now, folks, Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 1>New York is in triple digits right now. All of

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to put a weight and a burden

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<v Speaker 1>on our healthcare system, on our agricultural system, on our

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<v Speaker 1>work system. Because you know what ends up also happening

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<v Speaker 1>in extreme temperatures which we saw last summer, and I

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<v Speaker 1>reported on on WOKF the fucking tarmac at Heathrow was

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<v Speaker 1>melting because the temperature was so high in London. So

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<v Speaker 1>you talk about air travel which will become increasingly dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because of turbulence? Why because of the rising heat

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<v Speaker 1>index right creating air conditions that are not normal, creating

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<v Speaker 1>more storms that are a lot more aggressive than your

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<v Speaker 1>average Just you know summer storm that is passing. You're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about extreme flooding, extreme wind, Everything including the human

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<v Speaker 1>cost and actual currency cost will be more extreme. I

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<v Speaker 1>just I don't. I don't get it. I don't. I honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't get how we don't haul a massive summit

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<v Speaker 1>and meeting of world leaders right now. Right before I

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<v Speaker 1>came on to record, MSMBE was reporting that there are

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<v Speaker 1>major evacuations that are happening in Greece because of what

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<v Speaker 1>wildfires that have spun out of control. Temperatures have exceeded

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<v Speaker 1>into the triple digits, The air quality is quite shit

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<v Speaker 1>and people are being forced to leave everything behind and

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<v Speaker 1>evacuate because the air has shifted. The wind has shifted,

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<v Speaker 1>endangering people's homes and property like folks. It I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you that if it doesn't feel like the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking end of days. Let all I'm doing is sitting

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<v Speaker 1>around waiting on the locusts, do you know? And we

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<v Speaker 1>have these fucking moths here that are not indigenous to

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<v Speaker 1>New York that are apparently eating everything and also endangering

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<v Speaker 1>agriculture here. I'm seeing signs up everywhere. And so you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the fact that we have created this person

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<v Speaker 1>made crisis on this planet, the only one that we have,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have done so much damage that scientists don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that it is reversible. So I'm just wondering, like

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<v Speaker 1>how long even the uber wealthy think that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to live under these conditions, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like incredibly wild because I find myself these

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<v Speaker 1>days doing something that I hadn't done before the sky

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<v Speaker 1>turned yellow here in June because of the wildfires in Canada,

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<v Speaker 1>which is checking the air indexes. Is it safe for

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<v Speaker 1>me to go out walking today? Right? Is it safe

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<v Speaker 1>for me to just to take public transit today? Again?

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<v Speaker 1>Additional cost because if I'm trying to keep myself safe,

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<v Speaker 1>either I'm staying indoors the entire time or I'm taking

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<v Speaker 1>an uber so that I don't have to walk to

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<v Speaker 1>said place right or wearing a mask. But it's triple digits,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's fucking hot. Yeah. I got to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>that the conditions with regard to climate change in our environment,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I just see things getting worse and worse

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<v Speaker 1>and worse. The one thing that I can say is that,

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<v Speaker 1>at least in New York, and I know that this

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<v Speaker 1>is not true for other places, that we have actually

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<v Speaker 1>had more rain. But there has been a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>flooding that has also taken place. But at least I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know of every week or so, there's like a

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<v Speaker 1>torrential downpour here because the humidity has been so fucking wild,

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<v Speaker 1>like you could chew the air. But at least the plants,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, can get some type of relief, and the trees.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean the fact that we are seeing what

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<v Speaker 1>scientists and climatologists told us would happen, and it's happening,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're living in it, and the conditions don't look

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<v Speaker 1>like we can actually change them. But the thing is

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<v Speaker 1>what we learned during COVID right by virtue of everyone

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<v Speaker 1>except for those that were quote unquote essential that we

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<v Speaker 1>were only cared about. During that time, everyone was indoors.

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<v Speaker 1>There were less cars on the road, there were less

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<v Speaker 1>boats in the water, and guess what, the planets started

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<v Speaker 1>to heal itself. So we know that if we took

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<v Speaker 1>really radical measures to actually make significant changes today, we

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<v Speaker 1>know that the planet could have the opportunity to heal

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<v Speaker 1>itself from the damage that we've caused. But because of

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<v Speaker 1>greed and an extractive mentality that says, let us just

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<v Speaker 1>take take, take, take, take, destroy, destroy, destroy, destroy, and

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<v Speaker 1>just pass on the responsibility to the next generation, because well,

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<v Speaker 1>my life is halfway done, so fuck it, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to change. It is the selfishness, the greed, and

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<v Speaker 1>the drive for capitalistic wealth that has us in this space,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Again, we

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<v Speaker 1>can't even get world leaders to meet as their fucking

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<v Speaker 1>countries are on fire with no sign of stop it. Y'all. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So that is on top of mind, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>by the end of the week here in New York

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<v Speaker 1>it is going to reach triple digits. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're just acting like this shit is normal. Then it's

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<v Speaker 1>totally not. I want to talk about the recognition, the

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<v Speaker 1>honor that was given to Emmett Till and Mammy Till,

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<v Speaker 1>his mother. I want folks to think about something real quick,

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<v Speaker 1>which is that if Emmett Till hadn't have been tortured, brutalized,

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<v Speaker 1>and killed, he would be eighty two years old right now,

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<v Speaker 1>just three years older than Joe Biden, and the President

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States is at this current moment. When

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<v Speaker 1>black and white pictures are shown of Emmett Hill, the

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<v Speaker 1>infamous picture that goes around on media and social media

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<v Speaker 1>and traditional media, it gives you the air to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that this was so long ago. America has learned so

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<v Speaker 1>much since then. This was generations upon generations ago, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>back in the olden days. It wasn't It was within

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden and many Americans' lifetimes that Emmett Hill was murdered.

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<v Speaker 1>It was in the mid nineteen fifties. To think that

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<v Speaker 1>this young boy, this child was brutalized and robbed of

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<v Speaker 1>his life, of a life that his mother had to

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<v Speaker 1>put aside her own grieving to show the world what

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<v Speaker 1>white domestic terrorism and racism did to her son and

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<v Speaker 1>as done in American culture at a time when we

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<v Speaker 1>are just casually allowing states like Florida and Texas to

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<v Speaker 1>rewrite history to not include the important stories like that

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<v Speaker 1>of Emme Attil. You see, the fact is is that

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<v Speaker 1>you cannot celebrate America write and celebrate you know only

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<v Speaker 1>parts of your history when you don't know the whole

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<v Speaker 1>fucking truth. Part of President Biden's speech about this memorial

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<v Speaker 1>that is going to be built in multiple places for

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<v Speaker 1>Emmitt Till and his mother was about shining a light

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<v Speaker 1>on all aspects of our country and our history, and

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't turn away. A great nations should not

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<v Speaker 1>and do not turn away from their darkest parts. They

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<v Speaker 1>shine a light on it, one so that we do

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<v Speaker 1>not repeat it right and two so that we can

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<v Speaker 1>honor those whose lives were stolen as we try and

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<v Speaker 1>perfect our union. But that is not the desire of

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<v Speaker 1>this Republican Party or frankly any Republican party. And I

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<v Speaker 1>talked about this before, but the Daughters of the Confederacy

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<v Speaker 1>were created to feminize the faith of the Confederate ideology

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<v Speaker 1>that after the war was lost, after they lost the

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<v Speaker 1>Civil War, which was fought in order to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to keep black people as their property, so that they

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<v Speaker 1>could continue to increase their wealth at the expense of

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<v Speaker 1>other people's humanity. That the daughters of the Confederacy came

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<v Speaker 1>in to rewrite that history and to create statues of

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<v Speaker 1>the Confederacy, to turn what we know was an issue

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<v Speaker 1>and a war fought over slavery into one that was

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<v Speaker 1>about states' rights and honoring states rights. And these were

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<v Speaker 1>the rebels, the heroes that fought again governmental oppression. So

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<v Speaker 1>they are fine with weaponizing and erasing history so that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't actually know the truth. These motherfuckers or rated

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<v Speaker 1>on the benefits of slavery, and now you have right

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<v Speaker 1>now their fucking descendants talking about how slavery was good

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<v Speaker 1>for black people, how it benefited them, gave them skills.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you fucking dumb? Do you think that these white

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<v Speaker 1>slave masters had any fucking skills. They went specifically to

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the continent of Africa where there were metal workers,

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<v Speaker 1>farmers to build up their fucking country that they stole

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<v Speaker 1>from an indigenous pop that knew the lay of the land,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they could not enslave them because they had

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<v Speaker 1>a common fucking language right the understanding of the land.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though there were all of these different tribes they tried,

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<v Speaker 1>so they have to go and get another batch of

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<v Speaker 1>black people to bring in to torture, to rape, to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy their families. And then they want to turn around

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<v Speaker 1>and tell us teach kids in Florida that it was

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<v Speaker 1>all for a benefit, because if not for the domestication

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<v Speaker 1>by the white slaveholders, that what black people would have

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<v Speaker 1>been Like wild horses, are you fucking kidding me? Folks?

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<v Speaker 1>This is what I say when I tell you that

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I reach these points of the week, of

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<v Speaker 1>the month, of the fucking year, of the decade where

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<v Speaker 1>I just get to the point of exhaustion where I'm like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to turn this shit off for beat because

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<v Speaker 1>I just do not have it. And this is where

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<v Speaker 1>you know, white folks ask me all the time, like

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<v Speaker 1>what can I do? You can learn? You can make

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<v Speaker 1>education and the education about the truth of this country

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<v Speaker 1>by reading text, by listening to podcasts, by organizing write

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<v Speaker 1>your own book clubs, by organizing your own activation in

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<v Speaker 1>these fucking states, building your community. Maybe it only starts

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<v Speaker 1>with one, maybe it starts with two, but then it

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<v Speaker 1>builds from there on. Because I'm telling you that the

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<v Speaker 1>exhaustion that I feel is fucking generational, and it is

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<v Speaker 1>bone fucking deep to continue to do the work to

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<v Speaker 1>educate white people who are purposefully walking through life as

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<v Speaker 1>ostriches want to run into Old Navy to go get

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<v Speaker 1>a flag shirt, but don't know fucking dick about nobody's flag.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it is wild. And so what do I

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<v Speaker 1>ask of white people that want to be activated allies

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<v Speaker 1>and not just passive allies, is to do the work.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that when it gets hard and you're exhausted, think

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<v Speaker 1>about generations, hundreds and hundreds of years of that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of exhaustion before you decide to tap the fuck out. Everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly white people, should be asking themselves every day, what

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<v Speaker 1>did I do today to disrupt white supremacy in this country.

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<v Speaker 1>It is reading, it is educating, it is activating. It

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<v Speaker 1>is pushing back every single day on your own beliefs

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<v Speaker 1>as well, because having black friends or having black people

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<v Speaker 1>in your family does not make you not racist. It

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<v Speaker 1>is embedded. So it is an consistent unlearning and relearning

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<v Speaker 1>that has to happen. And the forces at play right

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<v Speaker 1>now are making it almost damn near impossible for future

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<v Speaker 1>generations to be better. So stop tricking yourselves into believing

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<v Speaker 1>that all we do is need for the races to

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<v Speaker 1>die out. Because Ammetil should have been eighty fucking two

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<v Speaker 1>years old, he should have been able to die of

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<v Speaker 1>old age. He should have been able to have gotten

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<v Speaker 1>married and had grandchildren and great grandchildren, but he didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are more Emmitt Tills than this country cares

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<v Speaker 1>to even fucking reckon with. We just had a judge

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<v Speaker 1>deny one of the last survivors of the Tulsa massacre reparations,

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<v Speaker 1>living to be one hundred and something years old and

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<v Speaker 1>still being denied what was stolen from you. You think about that,

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<v Speaker 1>Think about the lengths that this country goes through and

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<v Speaker 1>is going through to ensure that white supremacy lives on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fucking deep. And so the work that is being

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<v Speaker 1>done by woke and conscious white people who actually believe

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<v Speaker 1>in freedom and liberation is also deep and needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be consistent. I'm not telling you to consistently spin yourself

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<v Speaker 1>into misery, but I'm telling you to ask yourself every day,

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<v Speaker 1>what am I doing? How am I advancing the cause?

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<v Speaker 1>And it could be something so small as dedicating and

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<v Speaker 1>creating your own fucking syllabus of people that You need

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<v Speaker 1>to be reading, creating your own book clubs with you,

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<v Speaker 1>your own people, having conversations, advancing those conversations, and then

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<v Speaker 1>going into your schools and saying what's in the library here,

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<v Speaker 1>what is part of the curriculum, whether you have a

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<v Speaker 1>kid in school or not. Because what they know or

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<v Speaker 1>don't know is going to effect all of us. This

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<v Speaker 1>is why I say that education is so important, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is what they know. They know education is so important.

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<v Speaker 1>It's why it's always been the battleground for liberation and

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<v Speaker 1>those that believe in oppression. This shit ain't new, unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>but we are just getting around to honoring the life

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<v Speaker 1>and the sacrifice of Emma Till, a man, a boy

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<v Speaker 1>who could have grown to be a man of eighty

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<v Speaker 1>two years old. You all have eighty something year old

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<v Speaker 1>people in your family right now that should have been Emmettil.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just getting around to honoring his murder. Being one

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<v Speaker 1>of the many sparks of the civil rights movement that

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<v Speaker 1>they are working to a race from curriculum, not only

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<v Speaker 1>in Florida, but in red states around this country. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a fucking disgrace. And lastly, folks, I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>very briefly about the strikes that are taking place across industries.

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<v Speaker 1>This is far time that people are paid their fucking worth.

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<v Speaker 1>And the fact that we live in a society that

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<v Speaker 1>celebrates billionaires and makes them into these deities and then

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time looks down at the poor and

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<v Speaker 1>says that they're poor because they've made poor choices is

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<v Speaker 1>the lie of capitalism, is the lie of greed. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's important as we're watching people strike,

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<v Speaker 1>because what they're asking for is the ability to live.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not striking so that they can ride around in

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<v Speaker 1>fucking you know, one hundred thousand dollars cars or live

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<v Speaker 1>in two and three and four different homes. No, they

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<v Speaker 1>just want the ability to be able to live and

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<v Speaker 1>work with dignity and provide for themselves and if they

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<v Speaker 1>want their families. No one chooses to be poor, no

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<v Speaker 1>one chooses to struggle. But there are systems that are

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<v Speaker 1>created to make it so only a few breakout of

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<v Speaker 1>that invisible cast that we have in America. Everybody scrambles

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<v Speaker 1>to go and you know, pay money in to go

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<v Speaker 1>win the lottery, when in fact, all we actually need

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<v Speaker 1>is you know, wealth, registribution, give back, to the communities

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:29.000
<v Speaker 1>you extracted from. Pay people a living wage for their

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<v Speaker 1>labor so that they don't have to work multiple jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not rocket science, and yet they make us believe

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<v Speaker 1>that it's impossible. It's not. Capitalism is a made up construct.

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<v Speaker 1>We can reimagine it. That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on wokef as always, or to the people

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<v Speaker 1>and to all the people power, get woke and stay

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<v Speaker 1>woke as fuck. M