00:00Since what happened again in Minneapolis, I just feel compelled to say something.
00:10So I've actually written something that I'm going to read.
00:15I have been mostly out of the U.S. since this past September.
00:19So I've watched with the rest of the world our democracy being systematically disemboweled and torn apart,
00:26along with the institutions which in the near past, though never perfect,
00:32have stabilized our society and supported the American people.
00:36I am outraged and sickened by what is happening under the Trump regime.
00:44The cruelty, inhumanity and arrogance, the voracious corruption, the cowardice,
00:52the sickening hypocrisy, the blatant manipulation of facts,
00:58and now the cold-blooded murder of American citizens.
01:04I have felt for a long time that there are thousands and thousands of American citizens
01:11with cellars full of guns.
01:14I fear that ICE is giving them the excuse to pull the trigger.
01:18Humans are a conflicted species.
01:24Since we ventured out of the caves, we have been tribal, territorial, and violent.
01:30The United States of America has been tribal, territorial, and violent from the very beginning.
01:38Democracy is the most idealistic and ambitious form of government
01:42because it demands that all individuals participate for the good of everyone, for society.
01:52E plurigus unum, out of many, one.
01:57Never perfect, because we are imperfect.
02:00But at its core, the idea that all of us are created equal
02:06and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
02:11was revolutionary when it was conceived, and it still is.
02:16Not the pursuit of enemies,
02:19or the pursuit of great riches that means the impoverishment of others,
02:23but of happiness.
02:25Democracy demands compromise.
02:29But compromise doesn't mean to sell out for personal gain or revenge.
02:35I feel, I sense from over here,
02:40that the great American body politic is stirring,
02:45waking up, and taking in what's going on.
02:49What the Trump regime is attempting to do
02:53to our beloved country and its citizens.
02:56It is waking up,
02:58and taking note,
03:00and, mark my words,
03:03there will be hell to pay.
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