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I've been a human rights
activist for almost 20 years.

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As a documentary filmmaker

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I've been on the front lines

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of many of our nation's biggest
scandals and protests.

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From that perspective

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I've been an eyewitness
to the rise and fall

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of numerous people powered movements.

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Nearly every organized
resistance I've been a part of

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has ended just inches from victory

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for the same critical mistake

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infighting.

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When members of the same
group turn against each other.

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It often begins with whispers

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about the most prominent
spokespeople of the cause.

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These rumors typically sound like

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“I hear John is controlled opposition”

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or

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“some people are saying
Jane is compromised.”

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While the use of infiltrators and
agitators is a very real thing

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I've yet to experience one scenario

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where such a label was
accurately applied

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and suspiciously,

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These labels are always
branded on the people

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who are making the most progress.

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With the degradation
of their reputation,

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goes their contribution to your life.

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Prior to social media

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people actually sat down to
dialog through their differences.

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Today, without solid evidence
or sufficient inquiry

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we go directly to our keyboards
to vent our suspicions

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even after the rumor is proven
false or simply fades away.

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Some level of doubt and
division always remains.

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This is all by design.

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Part of what allowed so many people
to walk away from Assange

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with some of the Me Too allegations
that had surfaced

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and that were ultimately discredited,
stuck in people's minds.

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The voices of propaganda
are masterful at this game.

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They knowingly run a false story

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then retract it

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knowing the lie will reach millions.

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But very few will see the correction.

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Amy Coney Barrett's religious faith

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is being called into question again.

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She belongs to this
People of Praise group

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which the Southern Poverty Law Center

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has labeled them a hate group.

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When I stated that People of Praise
had been deemed a hate group

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I just got them mixed up
with another group.

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I conflated them.

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Ah, okay, that happens.

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You know, it's easy to do.

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In the words of former CIA
director William Casey.

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We'll know our disinformation
campaign is complete

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when everything the American
public believes is false.

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The planting of divisive rumors is
one of the most common tactics

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used in psychological warfare.

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As the lies bloom

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like worker bees,

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well-intended citizens
pollinate the masses

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with poisonous disinformation.

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What the gossiping
bees fail to realize

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is that they themselves

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are doing the work of
controlled opposition.

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They are literally, unwittingly

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working on behalf of the very forces

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they believe they are resisting.

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Again, all of this is by design.

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While we've all been distracted by
the latest trends and tragedies

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everything that has influence on
our behavior has been infiltrated

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by an agenda to control our thoughts.

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Whether their goal is to make
us purchase a product

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vote for a political party,

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or submit to experimental
inoculations.

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There are forces at
work who understand

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the functionalities of your mind.

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Far better than you do.

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Their goal is total control

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but because they are the
few and we are the many,

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they can only achieve total control
through the age old tactic

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of divide and conquer.

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“You're either with them or with us.”

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Never before have we been so divided.

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Divided by politics,
religion, nation, state

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race, class, gender and
now vaccine status.

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To better understand how we got here.

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Consider these three quotes
from The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

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The Supreme Art of War is to
subdue the enemy without fighting.

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Victorious warriors win
first, and then go to war.

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The secret lies in confusing the enemy

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so that he cannot
fathom our real intent.

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Though Sun Tzu who lived
over 2500 years ago

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his work remains at
the heart of our CIA

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as well as, the Chinese
Communist Party's strategy

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today.

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It's no coincidence that around
the same era as Sun Tzu

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the words “United We Stand, Divided
We Fall” were first recorded.

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It is Unity that will save
our communities.

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As you see in the audience,

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Muslims, Christians, Jewish community,

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Democrats, Republicans,

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white, black, everyone all in between.

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This is the example of what you get

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when you choose to attack all
members of the human family.

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Our greatest power is our numbers.

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Hence, the relentless
effort to shatter us

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into broken fragments

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As their agendas are being exposed,

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The dividers will stop at nothing

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to cover their crimes
against humanity.

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They have bunkers.

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All we have is each other.

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The good news is, that's all we need.

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Though we are intrinsically
interconnected

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our minds are being wired to
obsess on our differences.

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Contrary to social indoctrination

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we do not have to be ideologically
aligned to stand together.

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We don't even have to like each other.

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There is only one thing
that we must agree on.

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That freedom is our birthright.

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Now is the time to let go of
whatever it is you're holding on to

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that keeps you divided from your
friends, family and fellow humans.

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Rise above all the micro
dramas and distractions

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to see that a much bigger
story is unfolding.

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Swallow your pride. Humble yourself.

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Let it go.

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I'm not suggesting that
we look the other way

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when someone is clearly thwarting
our forward momentum.

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There are people who deserve
to be called out by name

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especially those who are
undermining our trust in each other.

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But even then, we should remember that

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there is a human life being
affected by our words.

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We've been so conditioned

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to believe we are powerless

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that we've become
careless with our power.

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Like toddlers with loaded guns.

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How many times do we need
to shoot our own foot?

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Till we realize that the
power is in our hands?

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The only thing that can
stop us at this point

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is us.

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We've all been lied to,

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scammed, fooled, tricked,
conned and coerced.

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Yes, it sucks.

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But here we are,

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wiser and stronger than we
were just three years ago.

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This is the moment for us to
activate our innate ability

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to create solutions

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that can only happen through
the awareness of symbiosis

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defined as

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a mutually beneficial relationship
between different groups.

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All of life depends on relationships.

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Every living thing is in communication

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from the stars, to the planets, the
earth, the plants, the elements

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the insects, the animals, the
humans and every cell within us.

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Real change out there

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begins with real change inside.

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The question is:

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How bad does it have to get

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before we're willing to change?