WEBVTT - Laboring For Love

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Daniel Moody, recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I hope, hope that your holiday weekend was RESTful. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that this Labor Day weekend that you did not

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<v Speaker 1>labor unless it was to do a labor of joy

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<v Speaker 1>like gardening or walking or caring for your kids or elderly. I,

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<v Speaker 1>for one, had a really wonderful holiday weekend. Usually I

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<v Speaker 1>end up going away and then rushing back to get

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<v Speaker 1>organized and clean out my fridge and do all of

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<v Speaker 1>the things. And this holiday weekend, I decided to stay

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<v Speaker 1>home and I got a labor of love completed, which

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<v Speaker 1>I was really excited about, and got to catch up

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<v Speaker 1>with old friends that I hadn't seen in a while,

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<v Speaker 1>spent a lot of time outside, and just feel rejuvenated.

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<v Speaker 1>As we're starting off this first week in September, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's ninety something degrees here, so just know that just

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<v Speaker 1>because it is back to school does not mean that

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<v Speaker 1>the temperature is going to be cool. You know, it

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<v Speaker 1>is summer technically until September twenty first. Nonetheless, folks, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking at these fucking headlines and I'm like, oh, what

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<v Speaker 1>am I going to talk about on this woke Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, here's what I will say. I did

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<v Speaker 1>a little TV over the weekend, and if you follow

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<v Speaker 1>me on social then you saw the clips that went out.

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<v Speaker 1>I did Yasmin the Sugian Show. Yasmin is a friend

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<v Speaker 1>of mine and I always just enjoy our conversations on

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<v Speaker 1>her show. And you know, she asked me what the

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<v Speaker 1>Biden administration should do to deal with these you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans and their push for impeachment and their bullshit increase

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<v Speaker 1>and blah blah, And I said something very just easy,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I said, the Biden administration, just like all

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<v Speaker 1>of the supposed journalists that cover the White House on

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<v Speaker 1>a regular basis, do you know what they should do?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe just ask the Republicans what they're offering the American people,

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<v Speaker 1>simple and then follow up, right, Because what you're concentrating

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<v Speaker 1>on right is banning books, banning abortion, gutting school curriculum,

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<v Speaker 1>criminalizing the LGBTQ community, erasing the experiences and exceptionalism of

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<v Speaker 1>black people, denying climate change, and you know, just basically

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<v Speaker 1>doing everything that you can to stick up for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is it that you are actually doing for

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<v Speaker 1>the American people. How are you sticking up for them?

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<v Speaker 1>And what does that look like? And just wait, those

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<v Speaker 1>are real questions that the American people want to know, right,

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<v Speaker 1>should have answers to by one of the two supposed

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<v Speaker 1>political parties in this country. But like I continue to

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<v Speaker 1>say and all of you know who listen to WOGAF

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<v Speaker 1>is that the Republican Party is not a political party.

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<v Speaker 1>They are a cult and a movement for Christo nationalism

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. That's it. There's a reason why in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, when Donald Trump was running and lost handedly,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a reason why the Republican Party didn't bother

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<v Speaker 1>coming up with an agenda. You see, every four years,

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<v Speaker 1>the political parties in this country come up with their

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<v Speaker 1>agenda so that the American voters know what it is

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<v Speaker 1>that they are voting for or against. And in twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party was like, we don't need to do that, right,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll just roll with what we did in twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>the world had vastly shifted in the four years that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump was the president of this country. We had

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<v Speaker 1>banned individuals from entering this country who were black, and Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>we put children in cages and rip them from their parents. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>we had had a and were in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>a global health pandemic where we recognized that we did

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<v Speaker 1>not have important communication methods and just centralized public health information.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's just like the tip of the iceberg. But

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<v Speaker 1>during one of the most important consequential times in our

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<v Speaker 1>country and in the world, there Republican said, We'll just

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<v Speaker 1>do a rewind a redo and give the American people

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing that we gave them in twenty sixteen. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>that should have been a huge red flag for anybody

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<v Speaker 1>that was paying attention, particularly those people who vote for Republicans,

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<v Speaker 1>because then they were telling you what they were going

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<v Speaker 1>to offer you, which was a big bag of fucking nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharing the same grievances and disliking the same people is

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<v Speaker 1>not a recipe to enhance your life. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I'm realizing about the Republican Party and just

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<v Speaker 1>the way that this cult is moving is that it

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<v Speaker 1>isn't about offering a fucking thing. It's about saying, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you hate that person down the street, I hate them too, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so now we hate the same person. How is your

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<v Speaker 1>life better. Are they giving you more money? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have better health insurance? Do your kids go to a

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<v Speaker 1>better school? Because you guys have decided to hate the

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<v Speaker 1>same people. You want to control what the fuck it

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<v Speaker 1>is your kids learn. Here's an idea, fucking homeschool them. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to control what your kids learn, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want you controlling what my kids learn. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>it means to be at a public school. It's open

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<v Speaker 1>to the public. If you want a private or religious education,

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<v Speaker 1>then go to a private or religious school. But a

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<v Speaker 1>public education is about teaching people all aspects of what

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<v Speaker 1>it means to operate and function inside of a society. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>not protect you from the truth. And I realized that

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<v Speaker 1>there is just this desire for infantilism with the Republican Party.

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<v Speaker 1>The way that they treat their base, the way that

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<v Speaker 1>they treat Donald Trump. It's surely not like a man.

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<v Speaker 1>And some would say, oh, well, it's because they want

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<v Speaker 1>to turn him into a god. No, he's pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>like a baby that they just pat on the head, right,

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<v Speaker 1>they burp, they clean up his spit, up all of

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<v Speaker 1>those things, and they tend to his every need. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not a god. That's a child. So when asked these

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<v Speaker 1>questions about you know, are we going to avert a shutdown?

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<v Speaker 1>Because you know that the next three weeks of the

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<v Speaker 1>political news cycle is going to be about whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not the Biden administration is going to cave to the

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy House of Representatives and whether or not they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to impeach him and open up an peachment inquiry and

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<v Speaker 1>do all. It's bullshit, it's bullshit. I've literally turned off

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<v Speaker 1>the news as soon as they started talking about, oh, impeachment,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, no, actually, we're not going to both

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<v Speaker 1>sides this. Actually, I'm not gonna have this energy inside

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<v Speaker 1>of my household because we know what it is, And

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<v Speaker 1>if reporters actually wanted to do reporting, then they would say,

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<v Speaker 1>there's absolutely no basis for this, and we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to cover it, right. But what we will cover are

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<v Speaker 1>the four indictments that Donald Trump is under and the

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<v Speaker 1>ninety one charges that are against him and his ilk

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<v Speaker 1>because that's actual news, and whether or not the rule

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<v Speaker 1>of law right is applied equally, which we know the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck that it's not right. We know that there are

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<v Speaker 1>people sitting inside of rikers, sitting inside of Fulton county jails,

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<v Speaker 1>sitting inside of jails and institutions all across this country

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<v Speaker 1>that have done something as little as selid bed of weed,

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<v Speaker 1>something as little as shoplift, something as little, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as things like that, and they're serving out these ridiculously

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<v Speaker 1>harsh sentences. Why because the justice system was set up

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<v Speaker 1>to be another arm of slavery. That's it, so that

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<v Speaker 1>you can then incarcerate these people black and brown people,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly men, say that they are criminals, which you believe,

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not they're behind bars or free, force them

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<v Speaker 1>into labor at two cents right on the dollar to

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<v Speaker 1>earn their freedom back to when they turn around and

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<v Speaker 1>then get free. You don't give them back their voting rights,

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<v Speaker 1>and you don't allow them to reintegrate into society, fulfilling

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<v Speaker 1>the recidivism back into prison so that they can continue

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<v Speaker 1>to push out goods. We don't believe in sweatshops in

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<v Speaker 1>this country, but we don't actually talk about the forced

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<v Speaker 1>labor camps inside of our own prison system and who

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck is doing the work? Give me a break,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. That's what I've been reflecting on over this

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<v Speaker 1>Labor Day weekend, is like the lies around labor and work,

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<v Speaker 1>capitalism and patriarchy right, and the affair between them. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm reading this book because all I do these days.

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<v Speaker 1>If you were to see, if I were to just

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<v Speaker 1>like turn the camera around and show you how many

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<v Speaker 1>books I have everywhere, like I'm running out of space,

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<v Speaker 1>I have a problem. But then also people send me

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<v Speaker 1>books so that I can interview authors. Nonetheless, I am

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<v Speaker 1>reading this book for pleasure. And it's like a coffee

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<v Speaker 1>table book. And it's called Hua, which is the French

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<v Speaker 1>word for joy, and it is this beautiful book about

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<v Speaker 1>living in France written by a black woman named Agerie.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will tell you, folks, it is just a

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<v Speaker 1>little piece of heaven every time that I open it.

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<v Speaker 1>But one of the sections talked about the month of

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<v Speaker 1>August in France, and the joke in the United States

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<v Speaker 1>is always like all the French don't work and they're

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<v Speaker 1>always on break, and it's you know, how does anything

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<v Speaker 1>ever get done? And what I learned in the book,

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<v Speaker 1>believe it or not, around some politics, was that the

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<v Speaker 1>French have a mandatory five week vacation. Everyone does five

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<v Speaker 1>weeks off. They have a law that makes it illegal

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<v Speaker 1>to eat at your desk, to be forced to eat

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<v Speaker 1>at your desk. Everyone is given an hour at minimum

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<v Speaker 1>to go and eat lunch, somewhere, to sit, to be,

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<v Speaker 1>to exist like a human being, not a machine that

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<v Speaker 1>is just pushing out product and is measured in their productivity.

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<v Speaker 1>We in America used to scoff and laugh at the

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<v Speaker 1>French for their what healthcare system that provides for parents

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<v Speaker 1>to be home when they have a newborn for a year? Right? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>our country would fall apart? No, the fuck it wouldn't. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>just like we thought that if you didn't grind yourself

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<v Speaker 1>away inside of a cubicle from nine to five, then

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<v Speaker 1>somehow companies and businesses wouldn't make any money. Shock and surprise,

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<v Speaker 1>they made more. Because the happier that people are, the

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<v Speaker 1>more ability that they have to actually function during their

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<v Speaker 1>working hours as a full fledged human being makes them

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<v Speaker 1>a bit more productive. Surprise that all of the reports

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<v Speaker 1>and all of the information that is pointed in that

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<v Speaker 1>direction only happened because of a global health pandemic when

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<v Speaker 1>people were forced to shelter in place. So when I

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<v Speaker 1>think about labor and the ways that you know, because

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<v Speaker 1>I've been thinking a lot about traveling and the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that I want to travel more. That next year, I

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<v Speaker 1>am planning several trips and one of them will be

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<v Speaker 1>to take off for a considerable amount of time in August,

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<v Speaker 1>and folks will be like, oh my god, like, how

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<v Speaker 1>are you going to do that? You have these shows

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<v Speaker 1>and blah blah blah. Just like everyone else, I too,

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<v Speaker 1>am tired, and I am tired of following a news

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<v Speaker 1>cycle that doesn't produce any new information, just new outrage.

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<v Speaker 1>So to take a break, right, And I think about traveling,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just like, there's so many places in the

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<v Speaker 1>world that I want to go to. And the fact

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<v Speaker 1>is is that two weeks really is not enough, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>if you're flying somewhere that it takes an entire day

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<v Speaker 1>to get to and you need the time and the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to adjust to a new time zone, give your

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<v Speaker 1>body ability to acclimate, and then you begin your exploration. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>if you were to do that properly, it would take

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks. And so why is that so unheard of

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to do? Why is that rest something

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<v Speaker 1>that we only give in the United States to the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking rich when there are actual countries who are quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote developed like America that do this on a regular

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<v Speaker 1>fucking basis that they have put it in their constitutions.

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<v Speaker 1>We just accept the fucking bare minimum because that's all

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<v Speaker 1>that we've ever been given. That's what I'm realizing. Being

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<v Speaker 1>in a relationship, and I've said this on this show

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<v Speaker 1>before with America is like being with an abusive partner.

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<v Speaker 1>Every once in a while, they show you some kindness,

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<v Speaker 1>or they show you that you matter. But on the

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<v Speaker 1>grand scheme of things, if you are a person, if

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<v Speaker 1>you are black, if you are brown, if you are

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<v Speaker 1>a woman, if you are LGBTQ plus, if you are

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<v Speaker 1>an immigrant, if you are not Christian, this country treats

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<v Speaker 1>you like fucking trash. And yet we still do everything

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<v Speaker 1>that we possibly can to be loved. Right, And what

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<v Speaker 1>does that love we think look like? Right? Look, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>grind myself into the ground for you so long as

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<v Speaker 1>I have you know, healthcare. I'll grind myself into the

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<v Speaker 1>ground for you, so long that I can afford to

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<v Speaker 1>pay half of my income to rent. Folks, there is

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<v Speaker 1>a deep evaluation that I'm doing these days. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes from finishing up over the summer Bell Hook's

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<v Speaker 1>book All about Love, which, for if you have not

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<v Speaker 1>read it, I highly recommend it. It comes from finishing

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<v Speaker 1>Young Pueblo's lighter. It comes from just really thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>a better way to live and a better way to exist.

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<v Speaker 1>And it cannot be the consistent outrage and grinding ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>into the ground because it's not working. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying. The only thing that it's doing is

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<v Speaker 1>welcoming in an early grave, is welcoming in disease. And I,

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<v Speaker 1>for one, am tired of it, like I really am.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a deep reflection that I have been in

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<v Speaker 1>and been doing for a while now, journaling and meditating

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<v Speaker 1>and praying and coming to a different kind of wokeness,

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<v Speaker 1>a different kind of consciousness, a different kind of tapping

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<v Speaker 1>in and really wanting to connect with what actually nourishes

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<v Speaker 1>your soul, your spirit. Right, I feel like we are

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<v Speaker 1>just giving our energy and our vibration and our power

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<v Speaker 1>to these evil forces that keep us in this juggernaut

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<v Speaker 1>of rage and anger. And I'm just like, for what,

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<v Speaker 1>Marjorie Taylor Green is going to be an asshole whether

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<v Speaker 1>you tap into the news today or not. She ain't changing.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin McCarthy's going to be a spineless piece of trash.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether you follow every single headline of how he's being

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<v Speaker 1>used and abused by the very evil ass people that

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<v Speaker 1>he gave authority over the publican party. Right, the polls

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna waver and go up and down and up

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<v Speaker 1>and down, because this mainstream media is going to cover

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<v Speaker 1>this election cycle like it's normal, right, like it's the

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<v Speaker 1>twentieth century and it's a horse race and someone's up

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<v Speaker 1>and someone's down, as opposed to saying that really it

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<v Speaker 1>is about our ability to function in side of a

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<v Speaker 1>democracy or whether or not America's empire is finally crumpling

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<v Speaker 1>and we're too scared to really recognize it because we

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<v Speaker 1>have never thought about what is on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>after it's done. Everything has its cycle, everything has its time,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the thing that is always true. Change change.

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<v Speaker 1>As Octavia Butler said Impowable, the Powable series, God has changed. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>everything you touch you change, and everything that you change

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<v Speaker 1>changes you. And so the question that we all need

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<v Speaker 1>to be asking ourselves these days is how do we

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<v Speaker 1>want to change? Because change is inevitable. Do we want

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<v Speaker 1>to pickle inside of ourselves or do we want to

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<v Speaker 1>nourish ourselves? And what does that nourishment look like? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Because eating a donut and eating a salad, you're eating

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<v Speaker 1>one is nourishing you. The other is right just quick,

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<v Speaker 1>fast food that doesn't add anything except sugar to your bloodstream,

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<v Speaker 1>that gives you a momentary high and then it fades.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the things that I'm contemplating these days, as

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<v Speaker 1>we're ending this year, the couple of months left to

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<v Speaker 1>go and enter into what I believe is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of the most vicious electoral cycles of our

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<v Speaker 1>life and potentially the last. And so the question that

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<v Speaker 1>I want all of you listening to ponder on this

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesdays what does consciousness really mean for you? What does

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<v Speaker 1>it mean to be woke for you in this day

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<v Speaker 1>and age? Tell me if you're a patron underneath this video.

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<v Speaker 1>For those that are not patrons, every Wednesday and Friday

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<v Speaker 1>is a video show, So tell me what you think

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<v Speaker 1>underneath this video. And for my other wonderful listeners, get

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<v Speaker 1>at me on the socials, because I think that we

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<v Speaker 1>are living inside of a really significant moment of deciding

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<v Speaker 1>not only who we are going to be as a collective,

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<v Speaker 1>but who we want to be individually, right, and are

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<v Speaker 1>we ignoring those alarms that are going off That is

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<v Speaker 1>it for me today. Dear friends on Woke af AS always,

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<v Speaker 1>power to the people and to all the people. Power,

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<v Speaker 1>get woke and stay woke as fuck.