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<v Speaker 1>Talking to the beep but decogonizing line connecting them downs.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm shy, you should, Shasha. So my final thoughts of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five. This has been a year of great

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<v Speaker 1>awakening for I mean not just myself, but I mean

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<v Speaker 1>just like the world, and I know that it can

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<v Speaker 1>be it can just be really frustrating and feel really

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<v Speaker 1>slow and the application of that. I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>where my optimism comes from, because I am a realist,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's not from a sense of even like my

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<v Speaker 1>own self protection, because like I'm not I'm not really

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<v Speaker 1>like trying to be here like that, like if I'm here,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here, I'm a rite it out, But I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>like like it ain't. I wouldn't. I wouldn't be lying

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<v Speaker 1>to myself for that, for like the safety of feeling

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<v Speaker 1>like that's the case. But I do believe. I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that we are about to witness an incredible moment. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, I just feel that I've been feeling it

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<v Speaker 1>for years now, and that incredible moment does not have

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<v Speaker 1>to be one of incredible defeat of us. It can

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<v Speaker 1>be one of incredible victory. And also, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>like reassessing what that means because like many people, I

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<v Speaker 1>think consider victory as like we have like overtaken, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, no, victory is when you have rendered the

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<v Speaker 1>harm harmless. You know, It's like at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>Avatar when instead of killing the firelord and just removes

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<v Speaker 1>him of his power. So when we think of revolution,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have to think of it in terms of violence,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't have to think of it. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to think of a turn, and we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to think of it in terms of traditional forms of violence,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't have to think of it in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of traditional forms of funding. Because to somebody whose existence

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<v Speaker 1>hinges on the misery of others, it is violent to

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