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[Assistant] Where where you stop a dictatorship and Marx justifies it sometimes because there are recalcitrant.


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[Assistant] If you look at Western intellectual history, sociology sort of got going quite a bit before psychology and so Marx is thinking sociologically


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[Assistant] And he thinks that uh, in terms of social dynamics, if necessary, and it probably is necessary, you eliminate social classes. Well, the uh, sort of like the unvarnished word


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[Assistant] That's kind of like the, if you want to use plain talk, plain language, genocide.


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[Assistant] Off of the knowledge, you just kill them. The point here is that if you look at Marx, his philosophy in gender hatred, so it's not equality. It's not equality because you hate and kill.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and actually what we find in sort of like this, uh, self-righteous, not righteous,


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[Assistant] It's just like, for example, let's say there are people in this world you care about. Let's say your family, your parents or your siblings or whatever, your family, extended family, you care about them. Now that care is lifelong, isn't it? Yes. I mean, for your entire life, you care about those people.


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[Assistant] But even when there's not some, you know, that kind of difficulty, it's your family. You care about them.


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[Assistant] Or your dear friends, you always care about them no matter what situation they're in. But what we find is that these leftists do not care about people once they have vented their hatred.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'll ask a simple question. Do Black lives simply matter? Which, I mean, of course they do. Or do Black lives only matter when you have an opportunity to hate right-wing whites?


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[Assistant] Trying to fix it, trying to lobby the government for programs. Let's improve the schools. Let's, let's, you know, ironically, ironically. Hmm.


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[Assistant] You know, it's interesting because generally I know I'm kind of left bashing, but there's just certain things that need to be said. For example, behind there's a type of, uh, philosophical


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[Assistant] In other words, if it's the case as it is.


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[Assistant] That let's say in America that blacks kill white policemen almost 20 times as often as white policemen kill blacks.


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[Assistant] Which the press, yeaah, the press will never mention because it's not politically correct. But, but anyway, without drawing any conclusions from that, just simple statistics.


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[Assistant] Now the leftist explanation of these facts, there are many other similar statistics, the, the leftist explanation is,


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[Assistant] Because legally, if we talk now, forget sociology, just talk about legal terms.


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[Assistant] The only conditions under which someone is not responsible for a crime they commit, not morally responsible, is if that person is mentally impaired.


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[Assistant] To act in certain ways, hence they are not morally responsible. But my point is this.


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[Assistant] If we are going to deploy here historical determinism, and if we want to be scientific, we also have to


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[Assistant] Apply historically Germanism to white racists.


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[Assistant] And, and by this, I mean, uh, because America in my view is, there is no systemic racism in my, I mean, I mean, obviously there are racists, but say the whole system is racist, I think is, is actually scientifically not demonstrable.


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[Assistant] But in any case, and you can't demonstrate it anecdotally.


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[Assistant] That's all we get in the press is anecdotes, we never get actual statistics.


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[Assistant] The point is, if you look at, and I mean like the really low class, ignorant, repulsive, white racists, those are the people I'm talking about.


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[Assistant] Like, you know, a lot of the people went to Charleston, I mean, that group of people, ignorant, crazy, white racists. What we find is,


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[Assistant] I'm saying either historical determinism is valid or it's invalid.


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[Assistant] If you want to use a theory of historical determinism to exonerate one group of people, you cannot apply that theory selectively.


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[Assistant] Because if you do apply it selectively and say, well, only blacks are subject to historical determinism and therefore are morally, uh, free of any culpability, but white people are not.


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[Assistant] And there was the sins of white people or Chicanos or Asians or whatever.


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[Assistant] That black people are somehow more subject to be controlled.


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[Assistant] And sometimes by non-whites. And you know what's interesting is,


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[Assistant] That slavery was abolished in America before it was abolished in Africa.


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[Assistant] Because black leaders, you know, we're talking about sub-Saharan Africa here. And of course the Muslims had a huge slave trade. So black African


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[Assistant] Leaders had Black slaves and slavery was only abolished completely, say in Western Africa, uh, around World War I.


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[Assistant] Unless someone's just really just shamelessly exploiting the system. But any normal, decent person, which is most people, of all groups, should have a good life.


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[Assistant] But what we find on the left is massive science denial. Massively.


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[Assistant] And that's why if you read the, the, the, the leftist press,


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[Assistant] What you'll never find is real science, real social science.


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[Assistant] You won't find real history. So if you look on the right, I'll tell you what the big, uh, flaw on the right is. And we can look at people like Ben Shapiro.


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[Assistant] Who I think sort of typifies one of the major, oh, he's very smart, but I think he has one fatal flaw. And you can look at the sort of, that Ayn Rand, I won't use it to short of here.


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[Assistant] Which shows they actually don't understand how the real world works.


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[Assistant] Is to assert that in society human beings, uh, should have negative rights but not positive rights. And these are legal terms.


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[Assistant] These are legal terms. Negative right means the right


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[Assistant] Uh, let's say the right to medical care. Or the right to, the right to, uhm, a good education.


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[Assistant] And so on, the right to be safe in your home.


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[Assistant] Slavery at the time of the American Revolution.


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[Assistant] Uh, slavery was practiced in almost every country in the world. Certainly including Africa. Certainly including, so slavery was the norm. Perhaps the only country that didn't have


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[Assistant] Slavery was India, but then they had a type of indentured servitude. So I mean, basically you could say that slavery was the norm throughout the world, certainly including Africa.


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[Assistant] Systemic, yes, I would say at the time, at that time it was definitely systemic institutional racism. So that was America.


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[Assistant] Uh, as I said, ended slavery before Africa. So if you look at, if you look at the,


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[Assistant] And, and ending slavery and even fighting a war over it, uh, and, you know,


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[Assistant] What you find is, uh, huge numbers of people, politicians, ordinary people, many, many, many Christians.


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[Assistant] Uh, Christians played a leading role in the abolitionist movement.


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[Assistant] Uh, that there was a, a huge part of the country that was adamantly against labor.


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[Assistant] This, this drive against slavery, the drive to abolish slavery.


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[Assistant] And so to say the whole country was just, you know, sys, systematically, it's, all I'm saying is we have to look at the real history. I'm not saying that these things were good. I'm not saying that.


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[Assistant] Uh, people didn't do things wrong. They did many, many things wrong. They did things very seriously wrong. But...


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[Assistant] Were obviously followed hypocritically by not really giving freedom to everyone, but they remained as a reference point. In other words, when you have, when you have the right principles, even if a society is not, uh, uniformly following those principles, it's good you have the principles because then you can be called to task. You can be.


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[Assistant] The whole civil rights movement was based on


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[Assistant] Demanding that existing principles be enforced and honored.


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[Assistant] The civil rights movement was not asking for new principles. The civil rights movement did not claim that America has all the wrong principles, rather it was demanding that the principles be enforced, that there be justice.


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[Assistant] The famous speech by Martin Luther King, you know, justice quoting from the Bible about justice. So, so many, many white,


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[Assistant] I think the real issue here, I'll get to the real point in my view, is that


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[Assistant] I'm sure we can all agree that racism is bad. I'm sure we can all agree.


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[Assistant] Or it can be what religion they have. It can be their race. It can be their economic position.


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[Assistant] But the tendency of human beings, and this is a demonic tendency, the tendency of human beings to identify a particular group of people and discriminate against them and make their lives miserable and exploit them.


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[Assistant] Is just one marker. Is just one way to identify a particular group.


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[Assistant] That you want to lord it over and there are many other ways that people do that. So you find it's very common in history that countries where everyone is the same race, you have exactly the same attitudes and exploitation and abuse and so on.


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[Assistant] So it's the general problem of human beings, uh, in the mode of passion and ignorance, uhm, identifying with their bodies. This is the real point. Identifying with their bodies and then abusing people with different kinds of bodies. And that you find throughout history. And one of the ways that's done is through race. So,


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[Assistant] We agree that there should not be racism. However uhm,


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[Assistant] What's the best method to achieve a Krishna conscious society or even just a moral society in which people are not abused unfairly? I mean, abuse means unfairly.


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[Assistant] Strongly against racism, if you don't agree with their tactics, if you don't agree with all their assumptions, then you're a racist, even if you're not a racist. So for example, I read an article about Antifa.


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[Assistant] They, they have an official policy that re- they reject anti-racist conservatives.


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[Assistant] They reject anti-racist conservatives.


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[Assistant] Because this is the typical, and just one word about the left. Uhm, the left.


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[Assistant] The fascists, by the way, originally come from the left.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Mussolini who began fascism and Hitler was a student of Mussolini. Mussolini was a Marxist.


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[Assistant] But he noticed, another Marxist noticed, that uhm, Marxist predictions were not coming true. Hmm.


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[Assistant] As Marx predicted that there will be anti-capitalist revolutions, and although it happened in Russia, it didn't happen in Europe, and especially not in Western Europe. And so, and so the Marxists, like Mussolini, were trying to understand why didn't Marxist prophecies come true, and they concluded that there was a mistake


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[Assistant] In Marxism, they didn't reject all of it. There was a mistake in Marxism, namely,


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[Assistant] The owner class or the employer class. So they thought that's what will motivate human beings. Mussolini concluded that there was another force in the world which motivated people more than economic classes. And that was nationalism.


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[Assistant] That, uhm, nationalism was a revolutionary thing. Nationalism also, by the way,


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[Assistant] Arose in opposition to divine right monarchy. Under the system of European monarchy, it didn't matter what country you were from. For example, the present queen of England and that house, which is called the house of uhm, what is it, uh, not Winchester, uhm, Windsor. The house of Windsor, the present royal family of, of the United Kingdom, actually was the house of Hanover. They're German.


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[Assistant] And so when they, so at a certain point in history, going back to George the first, uhm, the closest person in line for the English stone was German. And so they brought over the house of Hanover.


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[Assistant] And then during the World War Wars, you couldn't have a German name in England, so they changed it to Windsor.


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[Assistant] But so the whole, the whole notion of divine right monarchy was that political power is not situated in a nation state, it's in a family.


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[Assistant] In the second half of the 19th century and then the Italian unification. And so nationalism was a big thing. Nationalism was very strong, probably more than today. It was like the big ideology.


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[Assistant] That was sweeping through Europe and therefore Mussolini concluded that people


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[Assistant] And, but he just made it nationalistic and therefore the Nazi party was the nationalist, you know, socialist, socialist.


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[Assistant] Nationalists, because that's really what fascism is. It's national socialism.


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[Assistant] And so, and so anyway, getting back to that main point, uhm,


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[Assistant] Exploited or should be kept down or anything like that.


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[Assistant] You can be totally committed to equal opportunity. You can be totally committed to helping everyone to achieve a good life. But if you don't...


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[Assistant] Buy into their particular interpretation of history, which I find to be not at all very well founded.


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[Assistant] If you don't buy into their interpretation of history, and if you don't buy into their program of what should be done, then you are a racist. Not because you're a racist, but because you don't agree with them on certain historical interpretation, on certain sociological or psychological principles.


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[Assistant] Agree on every point or you'll be, you know, hated.


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[Assistant] And you will be rejected and you will be punished to the extent that we can punish anyone. You know, cancel or whatever.


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[Assistant] That's just, that's normal communism, fascism. That's just, that's what they do.


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[Assistant] I mean, every country they took over, that's what they do. And when they have the power to kill dissidents, they do kill them.


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[Assistant] And so my, that's my position. My position is actually moderate, liberal, and conservative on some points. And so,


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[Assistant] And there's certainly fault on all sides, the real history, and as far as the statistics, KD, my old friend KD, mentioned the statistics.


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[Assistant] So uhm, yes, we agree there's a problem. I mean, that's why, that's why we're trying to promote Krishna consciousness. That's why I am, I mean,


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[Assistant] I'm trying to do my best, whatever that is, to spread Krishna consciousness.


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[Assistant] Uh, because the world is in a horrible situation, and there is all kinds of envy and hatred on all sides. And, and uhm, but again, I reserve the right, and I really do reserve it, the right to read history and come to my own conclusions.


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[Assistant] And so I can disagree in what the history is, not radically, not disagree in the sense that by saying something idiotic, like, you know.


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[Assistant] The blacks had no disadvantages or slavery was actually, you know, many of them were happy as slaves. I mean, I'm not saying stupid things like that. We understand the problem.


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[Assistant] However, what was the real history? What's the cause of the problem today? Obama for example was shouted down.


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[Assistant] You have to, you know, if they were, if you actually had real slavery, like everyone is kept down. No one is successful because no one is permitted to be successful. Everyone is kept down. I mean,


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[Assistant] That there's massive race, anti-white racism in university admissions.


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[Assistant] And, and, you know, the, the huge, uh, you know, this, so there's been a huge push for diversity, the whole diversity movement.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I mean, if you come on many campuses in America, if you even just try to give a talk with a different interpretation of history regarding racism, you know, you'd be lucky if you're not physically assaulted or thrown off the campus.


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[Assistant] And so you could say, for example, you could ask a simple question, is the NBA racist?


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[Assistant] I just want to be fair and look at all the facts and what's really going on.


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[Assistant] We know, for example, that, that, uh, the absence of Black fathers raising their children is scientifically, scientifically, not ideologically, the single biggest problem.


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[Assistant] The single biggest problem because it's, it's the, it's a powerful indicator that, that, that children that grew up without a father are much more likely statistically statistics again.


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[Assistant] So that's, that, that, that, that's a huge indicator. And uhm, what we find is,


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[Assistant] If you're a serious thinker, if you're, if you're not just sort of like a wild ideologue, if you actually want to be rational,


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[Assistant] And not just sort of give yourself a cheap thrill by self-righteousness. Then the fact is that this problem, this main problem increased, the problem increased as civil rights increased.


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[Assistant] Civil rights. Yes. If you look at the black community, say in the fifties.


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[Assistant] Uh, there was just a fraction of the divorce there is now, or not even divorce, just, I mean, out of wedlock, just people having babies when they're not married and have no intention of staying together. Uh, black families were much more stable. Uh, criminality was very low. Uhm, unemployment, uh, there was more unemployment among whites than among blacks.


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[Assistant] Obviously, in very obvious ways, was in a humiliating, uh, abused position. And in other ways, uh, was doing better.


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[Assistant] In terms of families staying together, in terms of employment, in terms of, I mean, there were black colleges opening up. You can, I mean, there's a whole discussion of the philosophy of, uhm, Booker T. Washington was one of the main black leaders at the end, toward the end of the 19th century. Very famous, you know, he was actually world famous. He was an American black leader.


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[Assistant] He founded, uh, probably the best black technical university still today, perhaps in the world, or at least in America I should say, Tuskegee Tech.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, engineers and just becoming, and so he had a certain philosophy of how he thought blacks could be emancipated, how blacks could be, uh,


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[Assistant] Rise to position of equal dignity and justice in the society.


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[Assistant] I'm not saying that one was actually right and that it was actually wrong, but there were different philosophies, there were different interpretations of, you know, what's the best way to get out of this mess, what's the best way


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[Assistant] To achieve the maximum possible justice.


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[Assistant] Very learned, black voices, scholars.


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[Assistant] Who are conservative and who feel that the leftist


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[Assistant] I would say the far left approach, or the hard left approach.


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[Assistant] To racial equality is in many ways a disaster. And is actually not good for anyone. And uhm,


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[Assistant] But those conservative voices, even though they're absolutely in favor of equality and all that, uh, they're not really, they're not listened to, you know, they don't get airtime.


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[Assistant] They're, they're, uh, you know, they're called all kinds of bad names and everything. And so.


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[Assistant] I think what we're seeing, all I'm really objecting to, in a sense, is the leftist tendency that we saw in the Soviet Union, that we saw in Cuba, that we saw in Cambodia, that we see in China.


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[Assistant] You disagree, you're just a bad person, you're evil. And, and of course when the right takes, when the radical right takes power, you get something.


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[Assistant] The, the, the strong right is an existential threat to the country too. I mean, I'll just say about that, why I think the, the, I don't know, like, like, where does the, where does the hard right end and where does the hard right begin? But I, but as far as the right, uh, I think


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[Assistant] I mean, the biggest hypocrites, I think the left are not hypocrites because they don't, you know, they don't really believe in that much in free speech. But I think the people on the right are actually massively hypocritical because, uh, they tend to be Christians. And as I say, if there's anything at all that Jesus would endorse in the current political landscape,


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[Assistant] And the right will say, well, these things, you know, people should be taken care of in the private sphere, not in the public sphere. We don't want government doing it. And they're such hypocrites because they always get elected on small government, a small government platform, and they always increase the national debt massively.


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[Assistant] And what's the problem with increasing the national debt? Which the right always does, hypocritically.


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[Assistant] And therefore, and you even had this class of philosophers that said, no, it's good. But what that means is there's actually not that much money. Hmm. Help people that need help.


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[Assistant] There's not that much money to keep infrastructure in good repair.


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[Assistant] And, and so it actually cripples the government's power to help needy people even if they wanted to.


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[Assistant] And so that's the Republican thing, you know, hypocrisy. And also in their espousing of negative rights by not positive rights, first of all,


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[Assistant] The, the, one of the main flaws in that argument that should be done by private charity is that it, uhm,


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[Assistant] It's grossly unrealistic. It's just like Marx didn't understand how the world really works. Neither do, neither do the far right. Neither does the far right. And so in other words, if you're lucky, if you're lucky and


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[Assistant] Or you'll get medical care or you know, you'll just, your kids will be able to go to college. And if you're not lucky, then you know, maybe you will.


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[Assistant] Live a life in terrible pain. Maybe you will see your children, you know, suffering because you can't get the medical care or you have a preexisting condition and so on and so forth. And so they just sort of gamble with the most basic well-being of other human lives.


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[Assistant] I mean, we can prove that the government wasted trillions and trillions of dollars and did not actually significantly improve the welfare of the target populations. But in answer to that, I think the answer to that would be that states can be much more efficient.


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[Assistant] You know, and so there is a way, if you're determined to help people, then you can find a way to get a much more efficient ratio in terms of how much


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[Assistant] So it is possible in my view to actually dramatically increase the efficiency of that more


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[Assistant] Can be given to the private sector to give charity, which is still a government supported program.


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[Assistant] I think the right, and also they also give all kinds of arguments to justify or depict as benign.


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[Assistant] No longer identify. It's like, it's not a team. It's just like, if you have, let's say a basketball team and you get one player that gets like half the budget, half the team's budget for salaries, you know, it just, it just. Okay. Hierarchy is one thing, but hierarchy can become so extreme that it no longer is perceived by people at the lower end.


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[Assistant] I mean, if you perceive that, let's say, okay, here's a leader and the leader is really making it all happen.


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[Assistant] People, you know, people in general do not begrudge that leader certain benefits, certain privileges. There's a natural human acceptance of legitimate hierarchies and equitable, uh, even hierarchy of rewards, you know, where, where


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[Assistant] It's another, someone really is doing more. People in general don't begrudge that person a certain higher level of compensation. However, when the, when the compensation gets to be too extreme, then it dissolves the solidarity.


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[Assistant] No longer feel, I mean just like the Bhagavatam says that a leader should be like a father. A leader should be like a father.


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[Assistant] And so if you're working in a company or in a government or just you live in a society, you want to feel the people who have special power.


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[Assistant] And special rewards are using that power for the good of everyone.


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[Assistant] And when it becomes obvious they're not, when it becomes obvious, you know, tough luck,


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[Assistant] And when people lose that sense of solidarity, when they lose it, when they no longer really identify with the system, the society, it starts to come apart.


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[Assistant] And so I think one of the reasons that you get this sort of some of this, some of the crazier radical leftist activity is because of the radical greed on the right. Yeah.


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[Assistant] For, uh, weakening the social bonds that keep us, hold us all together as a nation or as a society. Another thing they're incredibly hypocritical about is, uh, they, they're, um, what's the word, disdain. They're disdain for animal rights.


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[Assistant] And so, yeaah, so, but not only exceptional, because for example,


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[Assistant] And so it's not just being exceptional. It's like you, it's being the exclusive recipient of moral consideration.


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[Assistant] And so the, uh, or for example, take gun rights.


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[Assistant] I've heard, you know, the, the person probably considered to be the most brilliant conservative legal mind of our time was that Anton Scalia, who was on the Supreme court who recently died. And I heard him give an argument that that was really foolish because he was a big hunter. I mean, I'll, I mean, just, you know, a big meathead and a big hunter.


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[Assistant] And so on the right to bear arms, which really meant the right to have a people's militia. Anyway, it's a whole issue, but he had a very bad argument.


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[Assistant] Very bad argument to justify, and we know for a fact, we know for a fact that the more


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[Assistant] We know that societies, like say the UK, where they're very strict gun laws, uhm, have exponentially, exponentially fewer, uh, criminal killings.


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[Assistant] Because most people, you know, some people use knives or this or that, but the weapon of choice is obviously a gun. I mean, you know, killing someone with a knife is to me very messy. And so the weapon of choice is a gun. And so even knowing that if you have these


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[Assistant] So no background checks, you know, you maybe, you maybe, you maybe just escape from a, from a psycho ward, but you can buy a machine gun. I mean, these crazy, crazy laws.


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[Assistant] We know that it causes thousands of deaths of innocent people.


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[Assistant] And yet they fight to preserve it because of the gun lobby. So, so they're right in, you know, and then again, they're against abortion.


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[Assistant] But when you start to become extreme, because what drives extremism? Extremism means you cannot by definition be.


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[Assistant] Way on the left or the right unless you've divided the world into two parts. You have this sort of this infantile binary worldview.


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[Assistant] Prajanati, that they understand things inaccurately, they cannot see clearly.


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[Assistant] Left to their own devices, left to their own devices, the hard left and the hard right will destroy society.


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[Assistant] Both of them, both of them tend to be, in my view, ignorant, self-righteous, not righteous, self-righteous, and both of them are an existential threat to the world. Yes. As history has shown. And so the


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[Assistant] The principles that Krishna teaches, Krishna emphasizes equality in Bhagavad Gita. It's all over the Bhagavad Gita, equality. He says, Pandita Samadarsana, the wise, the pandita, see everyone equally.


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[Assistant] Krishna says, atmo punyena sarvatrasamang paschati jorjuna.


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[Assistant] Sukum Vajadivadukum Sadhyogi Paramahamata. Christian says, I consider the greatest yogi to be the one who has universal empathy. Universal empathy.


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[Assistant] And Krishna says that uhm, in order to please me,


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[Assistant] In order to achieve the perfection, in chapter 12 he says, you must be sarva bhuta hite vatha. You must be dedicated to the well-being of every creature.


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[Assistant] That's Samoan Sarvabhuteshu. I am equal to all creatures.


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[Assistant] Krishna says samak sarveshu bhuteshu mad bhakti lamate param that in order to achieve the highest bhakti.


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[Assistant] You have to be equal to everyone. So unless you respect the equality of all living beings, you cannot achieve Krishna.


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[Assistant] We want to create a society that is just that treats everyone with dignity, that gives everyone equal opportunity, that makes sure that everyone has access


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[Assistant] Everyone is respected. Everyone receives justice. That's absolutely the society we want. The question is, how do you get there? And I believe that, uh, the far right and the far left are both delusional.


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[Assistant] They're both delusional about how to get to that strong society. But nowadays if you don't accept the far left, then you're a racist and a sexist and every evil thing in the world. Not because you really are.


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[Assistant] But because you just don't mindlessly repeat all their slogans and because you care about real history.


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[Assistant] And you, and you care about the numbers. Like, like what does social science show? What's really going on out there?


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[Assistant] So if you just care about those things and have a balanced view but are totally committed to equality, you're evil.


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[Assistant] If you defend and fight for positive rights, everyone has a right to good medical care, a right.


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[Assistant] Defend those things and according to a lot of people on the right, you're, you're, you know, you're subverting the constitution.


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[Assistant] The real problem is the modes of passion and ignorance. That's the real problem. The modes of passion and ignorance


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[Assistant] A society can only be efficient and just and fair.


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[Assistant] And merciful when there's a strong mode of goodness. I must say one last little kick at the left. I have to say it was the left which ironically, ironically created the conditions


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[Assistant] And anything which hampers the strong individual is wrong and her obvious mistake.


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[Assistant] So for example, let's say Henry Ford, who started this car thing.


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[Assistant] But he could only do that because he was standing on a pedestal that was held up by previous history.


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[Assistant] To free industrialists to do their work, to escape the feudal system.


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[Assistant] And so you have centuries and centuries of people fighting and working to create more freedom, more opportunity. And he stands on a pedestal. He's standing on centuries of history.


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[Assistant] And to say, no, he gets all the credit. He gets all the profit. No, that's, uh, well, I can't say this publicly, but I was gonna use a word. That's nonsense, let's say. That's the polite word. That's nonsense.


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[Assistant] And so for me that this type of out of control capitalism of Ayn Rand, uh, is, is, is insanity because yeah, you get some credit because you made it, but, uh, you owe a huge debt to society. And so we are simultaneously individual and social. We are simultaneously private and public.


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[Assistant] And that's just based on a delusional, ignorant understanding of how history works.


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[Assistant] And so one of the big hits by the Jefferson airplane was, don't you need somebody to love? If you don't know that song, it's on YouTube anyway.


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[Assistant] And so therefore, you know, all these, these like, as you start to go towards the strong left and right, it's like a gateway drug. And then once you get into like the hard right or left, you are intoxicated, you are on drugs, you have become a collective narcissist.


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[Assistant] Because hating is one of the, you know, main ways we lorded over things. We hate them. And therefore we're absolutely superior to them.


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[Assistant] So as far as I'm concerned, uh, the hard left and right are both simply totally drugged out collective narcissists.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so that's what it is. You have these collective hateful


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[Assistant] We should see everyone as part of Krishna. And if we do want to help to correct injustice, we should be very, very careful not to slip into these, you know, partisan positions. We should know history. We should know social science. We should know what the hell we're talking about.


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[Assistant] Uh, psychological principle, you filter out anything which doesn't support, you're reading it, but your brain filters out anything which doesn't support your position.


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[Assistant] So you have to be in the mode of goodness. You have to be equal to everyone in order to actually be a thinker, a sage. Krishna says, Pandita.


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[Assistant] That means scholar, that means sage, those who are actually wise and intelligent. They see everyone equally and, and, and they, they, they check their facts.


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[Assistant] Let's keep it going fam as we get ready to keep it shaking and baking. We move forward with our next one and, and now let's talk about this.


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[Assistant] People was kind of clowning me how I pronounced the man's name is Orlovsky. Okay, Dan-O Orlovsky. Alright, so.


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[Assistant] Dan Avlarski has been showing a lot of love to the Saints recently. Uh, it was supposed to be a segment in which the, uh, the, the ESPN people was supposed to kiss the Jets ass for the segment. And Avlarski counted through a...


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[Assistant] Curveball in there and he threw the Saints in there as a team that had the best off season and the reporter had to bring it back to the Jets because that's what they do. They're not a real sports organization. They are Disney. It's an entertainment business. That's why a lot of their stuff be falling through the floor. But anyway,


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[Assistant] Arvolovsky talks about his NFC South QB rankings.


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[Assistant] Which shouldn't be a big surprise because of the obvious fact that you, I mean,


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[Assistant] That got to count for something. And I keep saying that over and over again, that you have a guy that's 10 years in the NFL.


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[Assistant] All of his years have been very decent years. He had several years when he was over 4,000 yards. He almost had a 5,000 yard season.


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[Assistant] I'mma say this again and even some of the other commentators or analysts said the same thing.


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[Assistant] He never, and I think James, uh, James Jones, the wide receiver, he said this too, and I agree with him.


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[Assistant] They never had, not, not saying, not to disrespect what they have, but what he was saying was a full cupboard of the type of, uh, weapons, offensively speaking, that the saints have given Derek Carr.


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[Assistant] You know, so it's like they're judging him based on what he had in, in, in with the Raiders and that's ridiculous. You know, the Saints have top notch players everywhere.


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[Assistant] And that will be a big time blessing for Carr. But anyway, let's get into what Dan says about the, about what he believes in the NFC. Here we go.


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[Assistant] Alright, now it is. And that's very interesting. And once again, he breaks down some...


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[Assistant] Stuff there, as you can see the graphic on the screen is he finished with Carr, uh, in the NFC South rankings putting Bryce Young at number two ahead of Desmond Ritter and Baker Mayfield. A lot of people don't believe in Baker Mayfield.


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[Assistant] A lot of people out of Tampa Bay believe Kyle Trask has a, has an opportunity to really beat out Baker Mayfield. Uh, which is, it just shows you how fast, how far he's fallen, you know, in terms of being a quarterback. It's tough in the NFL, isn't it?


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[Assistant] But you're speaking about Derek Carr and like, uh, Dan said.


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[Assistant] He spoke about the fact that the team, uh, that a lot of people not willing, ready to give car is respect and, and that's fine.


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[Assistant] That's fine because people have to be able to witness and see car, take it to the next level. That's really what it's about, right? You have to take it to the next level.


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[Assistant] Like I said, I make this comparison. I've been saying it because it's been hitting me.


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[Assistant] I watched film on guys like Mav Stafford when he was with Detroit.


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[Assistant] And then Stafford leaves, Detroit goes to the Rams and then his game was all ready.


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[Assistant] Pretty sturdy and solid with the Rams. They just didn't have everything it took to go to the next level when he went to the Rams.


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[Assistant] It was perfect for what they did. They had the offense in place, the weapons in place, the defense in place. And then it was just boom. It was just a match made in heaven.


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[Assistant] Uh, when a lot of games even get a Super Bowl, could, could we be having our Matthew Stafford moment with Derek Carr, where he moves from an incomplete or half a team the Raiders had with Carr for the last several years and moved to the Saints where the Saints defense or Orwellowski talks about the Saints defense if they can, uh, stay


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[Assistant] In the top 15 ranking, I do think the Saints defense will, I don't know if they're top five.


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[Assistant] You know, I'll be honest with you because there's some questions that need to be answered. Like I really think they'll improve stopping the run.


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[Assistant] There's issues in terms of who will be the opposite in.


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[Assistant] Uh, versus Cam Jordan, there are several options there. The Saints have to solve that before week one. And then of course, you know,


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[Assistant] The Saints from an offensive standpoint are ready to take it to the next level.


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[Assistant] You know, now can Carr be the guy? Could he take it to the next level? With everything the Saints have gifted him. Only time will tell. But once again, Arvalofsky is telling you, you know, in the previous stream we did with him saying the Saints, they're the team there.


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[Assistant] A lot of people that say that's not much of a surprise, Q. I mean, a lot of these other teams are...


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[Assistant] Tampa Bay is a team that is in, uh, you know, kind of in somewhat of a re- they are in rebuilding mode, right?


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[Assistant] They still have, you know, did some of the best two of the top wide receivers in the NFL. They still have some.


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[Assistant] Really interesting, intriguing players on defense and offense. So there, you know, but at there, we get the top position of quarterback, which could infect them. That could infect or affect how they will be able to win games.


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[Assistant] This year, having a guy not having a sturdy option at top of the QB position. Let me tell you something. After going through that last year is a very difficult thing to win in the NFL when you don't have that.


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[Assistant] Of course he talked about Atlanta. I like Ritter. Ritter doesn't make many mistakes, but he's not going to wow you.


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[Assistant] So they're all gonna be a run, you're gonna run the ball and play defense. I knew what Atlanta was doing. We know exactly, but it's not hard to tell. And Carolina is the op, is the very intriguing and interesting team.


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[Assistant] And I would look at them as a future team, like next year and beyond. Them being a strong team in the NFC South and competing with the Saints and eventually Atlanta will, it's gonna, it's gonna be top, it's gonna be those three teams competing until Tampa Bay gets their quarterback next year.


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[Assistant] But really and truly, if you look at it, 10 year quarterback got to account for something with all of the weapons the saints have given.


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[Assistant] A car, the defense hasn't really fallen that far. Last year's guys like David on Yamada, Shai Tuttle, and Kent Street.


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[Assistant] Those guys were, were awful. Saints got in, uh, you know, I ain't gonna say better players, but there are some interesting players with Nate Saunders and Big, I mean, Kaelin Saunders and Nate Shepard along with.


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[Assistant] You know, Brian Bresie, add him to the, to the fold there. So that's really intriguing. And of course, drafting Isaiah Foskey, Karl Grandison say, hey, I'm ready to take this job on to my own. I've been here for five years. It's my time. It's time, my time to shine.


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[Assistant] And of course you got Payton Turner, first round draft picks say, Hey man, I'm healthy. And first round draft picks are supposed to start. So we'll see who's right.


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[Assistant] When week one hits, but we start real soon on getting to that. But anyway, once again, uh, Dan Orblowski gives the saints credit. He talked about how they're the.


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[Assistant] You just haven't experienced real fire. Uhm, this is your first Coachella ever. You're 17, performing tomorrow night, right here at Coachella. How excited are you?


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[Assistant] That's amazing. Okay, dream collab. Dream collab for Billie Eilish.


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[Assistant] You are like putting on for young people. You are putting on for women. We don't need no other man. We don't need no other woman. We just need our damn selves to be dope. Yes. I love it. Well, welcome to Coachella. Welcome to the amp radio Coachella house. You're going to kill it tomorrow. Don't be nervous. I won't. I'm going to, we're going to go crazy. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Ah, that's a striking correlation.


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[Assistant] It's very relational to have your sangha and to have so much stimulation of thought. Thank you. Thank you.


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[Assistant] Yes, we will need to have multiple sessions, but we'll see how it goes. Yes.


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[Assistant] Hello friends, welcome to foodieprinter's finest instant influencer network. In this bonus, you're going to know how to locate your influencers, how to reach out, what to say, and to start getting your first collaboration. Let's dive right in. First up,


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[Assistant] That influencer, same thing with voice. What kind of voice do they have? Are they very prolific or are they very, very edgy?


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[Assistant] Are they the ones that you want to represent your brand?


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[Assistant] The size of their, uh, following, you want to be able to choose ones that are around, uh, 10 to 20K or even less because they have, tend to have much more engaged audience. And if you want to choose the ones that have like 50,000, 100,000 followers, most likely those are the ones that would charge you because they get bombarded with, uh, requests all the time.


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[Assistant] The type of audience that they have really ties into the location as well because we want to be able to work with influencers who are local within your demographic. If you work with influencers that are, uh, halfway across the world,


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[Assistant] So those are the criteria that I would look at when choosing influencers to work with. Now how do you find these influencers?


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[Assistant] Well, we use something called the rabbit hole method. What is the rabbit hole method? It is basically, we want to be able to search them through hashtags. That's the number one way. How do you do that?


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[Assistant] Location based hashtag. Put in your location, put in the food related keywords. So for example, in us in Vancouver, we start with YVR Foodie or if you're in New York, NYC Foodie LA.


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[Assistant] Of the, uh, everyday life Joe out there, they don't take good photos or great photos. We take good photos when we go out and eat.


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[Assistant] But the foodies, they take exceptional photos because that's just their job and that's their hobby and that's their passion. So that's the reason why when you choose the ones that have high quality photos,


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[Assistant] Is to look at their posts and who liked them and commented, right? When you click on their posts, once you click into it, then you're going to be able to see.


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[Assistant] So that's an area that you can find other foodies within at the same time.


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[Assistant] Their hashtag groups are usually located either in the description,


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[Assistant] Or as their first comment, as you can see right here, and we talk a little bit more about this in our actual module, module number six in Fruity Printer's finest program. So if you want to learn more about this, definitely go into that module, that specific lesson to learn more about hashtags. Next up is that once you're in their account,


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[Assistant] Check their profile to see if they're an actual influencer or not. The majority of the time, they would say


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[Assistant] Whether they're an influencer, the keyword in their bio will tell you whether they're an influencer or not or whether they're a foodie. And you can see right there in the highlighted red rectangle that it says Deanna Wu, Vancouver foodie.


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[Assistant] Right? We also want to be able to look for accounts that has more than 2,000 followers. If they're just starting out with like, let's say a few hundred, you can still work with them, but it will be a longer term relationship. So for me, I would really start with at least


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[Assistant] Another key point is to check out who they follow because they follow other influencers as well. And as you can see here, once I click into who they're following,


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[Assistant] These red highlighted boxes are also


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[Assistant] These restaurants would oftentimes tag the influencers who they're working with, and that's how you're going to be able to find out. Check who they have tagged in their post, okay? And how do you check it? In the red, as you can see on the post, you can actually click on that little button that has a red rectangle on the square on the bottom.


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[Assistant] Left hand corner and you're going to be able to see once you click on that little square icon, then you're going to be able to see the different tags and the different influencers that pop up and you can click into that and go through the same process.


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[Assistant] Now, now that you have collected a list of 10-20 influencers that you have logged down,


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[Assistant] How many people they have as followers, what their name is, where they're located. You need to understand why they would want to work with you.


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[Assistant] It's important for you to be able to identify your food, your voice, your values, your mission and your purpose and also potentially your pay if you are offering people compensation to promote and collaborate with you because at the end of the day,


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[Assistant] When you look into their profile, they will also look into your profile. They will also talk to you.


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[Assistant] They will also ask you different questions about what makes you special because understand this, they get bombarded with collaborations all the time, every day long, right? So you need to be able to have your information about yourself.


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[Assistant] Now that you're ready, okay, what do you say when you reach out?


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[Assistant] We use two different tactics, okay? First up is a copywriting tactic called ADA. ADA stands for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action. That's how you draft


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[Assistant] Now, also another fundamental you should understand is WIMF. What's in it for me? As an influencer and as I'm going through the, the, the email or the DMs that you have,


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[Assistant] I also, I'm always asking, hey, you know what, why am I reading this? What's the collaboration? What's in it for me? Right? So always understand that there is this underlying


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[Assistant] The question that your influencers have would help you craft the best message that has the best chances of


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[Assistant] Attention. That's what we start with. What would capture the attention of the influencers? Usually stuff is about the influencers themselves. Because why?


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[Assistant] Everyone loves themselves and if you're commenting and if you're trying to reach out to the influencer, comment on the pictures that they take because it looks so great and find that commonality.


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[Assistant] Keynote is that a lot of people, and the biggest mistake that I see as amateurs makes, we start off with, hey, you know what? I have the best vegan cookies and I would love for you to try it out. Well, you know what? Me as an influencer, I don't care what you have.


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[Assistant] Like, it's not, it's not about you. It's about the influencer. It's about what value you as a brand bring your influencer. And that's the reason why they would choose to work with you. So we want to make it super clear on that. No one cares about you. Never lead with you. It's all about the influencer. Okay, so.


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[Assistant] Next up, interest. What would interest the influencers to keep reading? Right now that you commented on their post, wow, you have great pictures. It looks like this is like straight from a photo shoot. Then,


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[Assistant] Usually interesting things that are facts and common themes amongst you and them. Find that commonality between you and the influencer. Find a picture that you can draw that relation with, right? A great way to merge into your ask.


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[Assistant] And what you do is by finding that common theme. Next up is desire. What's in it for me? Now that you've piqued their interest, now that you find that common theme, the interesting things about what makes you and their brand.


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[Assistant] Let's say once again, if you're offering a vegan, uh, vegan DIY, uh, cookie dough at home.


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[Assistant] Right, and it just so happens that as you can see here on the third image that they have cookies.


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[Assistant] Wow, wouldn't it be cool if we collaborated and made a vegan cookie for you? Or a vegan ice cream for you?


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[Assistant] Something along the lines of that. Now those are interesting common themes, right? Now we dive into the desire. What's in it for me as an influencer? Why does the influencer would want to work with you? Is it either money?


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[Assistant] And if you collaborate with, let's say, this influencer, then they would have a status upgrade because they're covering something that is first within their city. There's a talking point and you're giving them that, um, that avenue to talk about you because


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[Assistant] You are the first vegan cookie. So once again, understand what's in it for your influencer is key when you want to be able to work with them. Either they are looking for money, they're looking for value to stay relevant, right? Because they are content creators themselves. They want to be able to cover different things. So if you have the, a Christmas themed holiday kit, then they would most likely


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[Assistant] Uhm, next up, now that you figured out the attention, you got their attention, you piqued their interest, and you told them,


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[Assistant] Reply with what you want them to do. Be direct. Hey, I want to do a collaboration with you. I want to do a giveaway with you.


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[Assistant] That is the end of drafting that message. And I'll give you an example. Okay.


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[Assistant] I picked this picture because I'm like, wow, Rich, do you work for KFC? This picture is so on point. Now that we've stroked his ego. Oh wow. This guy is like, they know what they're talking about. Like, you're stroking my ego.


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[Assistant] Wow, and then I bring in a little bit more interest and talk about, hey, layers and ingredients is so proportionally displayed, the color grading, so vibrant and appetizing. This looks like it's straight from a KFC commercial.


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[Assistant] One day I wish our fish and chips can model like this too. Speaking of which guys, this is now the interesting part, that you find that common theme between you and your influencer.


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[Assistant] Speaking of which, we run Canada's first vegan fish and chip joint, Wilson's Vegan Fish and Chips. Okay, you know what, I see that similarity. You covered something that is deep fried, and you're covering food, and also, hey, we talk about that, the fact that we're the first vegan fish and chips. Okay, this makes sense here.


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[Assistant] It would be amazing if we could feature you as one of our ambassadors for us to have a collaboration together.


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[Assistant] Okay, this is cool, because now, not only is there a status upgrade, because now,


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[Assistant] There, they can work with the first vegan fish and chips, and on top of that,


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[Assistant] Because they collaborate with us, there's the brand association to Beyond Meat for this campaign and they're also


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[Assistant] Uh, associated with a vegan forever cause as well. So all these things adding together creates this sense of, wow, I want to work with your brand because you have all these talking points and all these desires. What's in it for me as an influencer to work with you as a new brand.


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[Assistant] Now, the action. Okay, now that you've piqued my interest, and now that you've told me what's in it for me, now it is...


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[Assistant] How can I take action? How can I work with you? Well, let me know if you'd be interested in partaking in this great cause by sharing with us your address so that way we can send you a meal along with our media package. This is your foot in the door. Okay? Much love, Wilson.


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[Assistant] Now that's just an example to showcase to you how it works. Now that you have drafted your menu. Now that you have understood which influencers to reach out to and then also the way that you should be reaching out.


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[Assistant] Now, because of what's happening in the world right now, in-person events is most likely not as prominent. Highly successful way is DM, right? Use Instagram's platform.


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[Assistant] And on top of that, email them at the same time, majority of the time, they will have that contact information out there for you as well.


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[Assistant] Now, another key point that I want to add in here is that when you're DMing him or the influencers that you want to work with,


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[Assistant] Key point, guys. Key, key point. Make sure you guys take notes right away. This is a shortcut and this is a hack, okay? Make sure that you start liking at least


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[Assistant] No, find something that is common and have a genuine comment that you place on them and then you DM them. Why is that the case? Because now,


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[Assistant] You're flooding his feed because as an influencer, they're getting hundreds of likes and hundreds of comments every single day. So if you're able to actually like them and also comment and on top of that DM them,


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[Assistant] Then everything would show on that one screen and they would see, oh, who is this person


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[Assistant] Well, you definitely want to thank them because oftentimes it's not that they don't want to work with you, but rather they're just swamped with other collaborations.


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[Assistant] Always, I would say 9 out of 10 times a timing issue. It's because probably you reached them during Christmas time and they already have a lot of collaboration at the same time. Or it's because they were working with a big brand.


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[Assistant] Or it is because they are already super busy and their minds not in promoting at that time.


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[Assistant] Always the timing is an issue. It's rarely about your brand. So definitely know and understand that. So then that way, you know, not to, uh, take it personally. And on top of that, you can actually knowing the fact that as a timing issue, ask them, Hey, is it okay if I reach out in three months? One thing settled down.


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[Assistant] Within a city, it's a very, very tight community. At most, there's probably 30 or 40 influencers in your city and they all know each other. They not all go to the same events. They all go to the high profile events as well.


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[Assistant] So you would want to make sure that you thank them and on top of that, understanding that it's a Thai community.


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[Assistant] Don't take it personal guys, because you don't want word to spread about the experience that, uh, the poor experience that they have working with you. Don't take it personal.


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[Assistant] Now, what to do if they say yes? Okay, be responsive. Don't just be like, yes, now I can work on my campaign. Now I can figure stuff out.


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[Assistant] Be responsible. Be courteous, okay? Be nice to them and also be organized. If you're not organized, they don't like working with you because at the end of the day, once again, they're working with


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[Assistant] Dozens of other brands at the same time. So the more organized you are, the more nicer and friendlier you are and the more responsive you are.


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[Assistant] The better the experience for your influencers. And know for one thing, you're working with your influencers not just on one campaign, but multiple campaigns down the road for years to come. I still work with our influencers that we've worked with from five years ago.


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[Assistant] So that's the reason why you need to be organized, courteous, and always be thankful. Thank them for the opportunity to work with them.


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[Assistant] Now, how do you maintain the relationship after you have worked with them?


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[Assistant] Value. Provide value all the time. And number one, value. Number three,


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[Assistant] Monetary, if you have budget, then you can pay them, or you can actually, uh, send them a gift package, or like, always in, in, include them in media events. Let's say, for example, if you have a new flavor, send free stuff to them all the time, uplift in status.


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[Assistant] These are all valuable ways to give for you to give value to the influencers. Now, action item for you.


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[Assistant] Write down your values for your brand and if you haven't done so or if you don't know how to do so, definitely dive into Module 1 as we uncover all the steps for you to be able to do that. Second, write down and uncover the 10 influencers in your area. Follow the method that I just showed you, the rabbit hole method to uncover the 10 influencers within your area.


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[Assistant] What's in it for me? Understand that, craft that. That is the end of the presentation. I hope you enjoy this bonus. And if you want more information, definitely what you can do is to go into the modules as we dive deep into each of these items. I'll see you guys in the modules.


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[Assistant] I think you'd better say no, just like that, quite simply, no. Is that understood?


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[Assistant] I have nothing to say. That's all we can do at present. I look in and tell your maid to put together some of your things. You're allowed a few things at this stage.


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[Assistant] At the trial? Oh dear me, no, of course not. I'll get you one of the distinguished leaders of the bar. Do you know Mr. Anthony Keane?


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[Assistant] Full of charm and cunning, but the jury's like it. So do I.


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[Assistant] We'll see, we'll see. At the moment he's on a case in Lincoln. I'll get my daughter to run me down and have a talk with him. You'll like him.


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[Assistant] I was of the impression that she had been a woman of very low estate, and a rather easy wager.


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[Assistant] He's going to Cumberland to investigate Hindley Hall, a parody in the country house.


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[Assistant] Your mother was a simple old-fashioned woman who would shudder at the thought of her. Well, I'm glad you're not going on with the game. You nearly had me.


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[Assistant] I wish you were married to someone. Perhaps you could put up with your clap clap better than I can.


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[Assistant] I'm an old ruin, but she certainly brings my pulse up a beat or two.


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[Assistant] Chris has also gone on to supervise nearly 20 movies, including Oscar winners American Beauty and Austin Powers.


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[Assistant] He also continues his dedication to discovering and nurturing new artists through his weekly live performance series, School Night.


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[Assistant] Since going viral with her 2016 hit Ocean Eyes, Billie signed a dark room and an Interscope and released her debut EP Don't Smile at Me.


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[Assistant] She has since performed the song on CBS's The Late Late Show with James Corden.


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[Assistant] has sold out headlining tours in America, Australia, the UK, and Europe, and was recently named Apple Music's latest Up Next artist.


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[Assistant] And then we have Phineas, who is the incredibly talented producer and songwriter of all things Billie Eilish, including her single Ocean Eyes, Bellyache, and Bored, as well as the rest of her EP Don't Smile at Me.


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[Assistant] Hi, I'm Tejas Sinha. I'm from Visakhapatnam. I love to follow cricket and I love Dhoni.


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[Assistant] Hilda Johnson speaking. The fourth precinct police station. I'll put them on. Bruce, I thought you were on your way to Albany. What for?


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[Assistant] I'm Saul. What can we lose? That's alright for me.


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[Assistant] Like you care. Go off, get yourself killed. Leave me to raise them alone.


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[Assistant] I got three wagon loads of sodbusters about three hours behind me. I'm, uh, taking them up to Oregon country. Now, you answer my question. What are you doing with a white man's wagon and a white man's rifle?


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[Assistant] Warrior Chief, huh? Well, em, uh,


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[Assistant] I'm going to see your father. Is there anything you want me to say to him?


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[Assistant] Huh? Oh no, I, I came back to ask Dewey something.


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[Assistant] It's too bad you're going to miss the country club dance tonight, Dewey.


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[Assistant] Dancing is just sort of a friendly way of talking to someone you think maybe you'd like to talk to who wouldn't talk to you otherwise.


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[Assistant] I thought Dewey might be lonesome, but I see I was mistaken. Good afternoon, Mr. Now.


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[Assistant] I just happened to be staying at a lake about 210 miles from here, so I thought I'd drop by.


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[Assistant] And I should be the one to suffer if I violated any of the rules. Suppose I handed my resignation.


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[Assistant] He was madder than a wet hand. He fussed and blusted around a bit, but he finally saw it my way.


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[Assistant] No, there's something right. Absolutely right. But you're right too. It would be silly for both of us to pick up and leave at the same time.


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[Assistant] Oh, darling. Have you no confidence in me? Well, with me in this world, it'll be over in six months. It'll have to be. I have a very important date in June. Oh, don't cry, darling.


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[Assistant] You won't be alone. I'll be back. You can bank on that. I'll always be with you. Of course you will.


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[Assistant] I'd probably bust out crying to the kids that think I'm a fine soldier.


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[Assistant] I know how awful it is when people and things disappoint you. It hurts.


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[Assistant] On the, on the other side of music business question, uhm, what do you think...


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[Assistant] You individually did, Darkroom did, or in the beginning when that record started getting traction.


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[Assistant] Perfect mix for everybody who wants to get started indie. They don't necessarily wanna do PR and be in billboard, but they wanna know how to reach fans. What do you think worked best when you were starting to get that initial traction?


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[Assistant] If you said in your time how you split your headspace, I want to do something that shows personality, my style, or whatever, versus be about music, what percentage on that, and I'm gonna take mine.


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[Assistant] Hey, I'm Galit, uh, first of all, congratulations. It's especially exciting because probably my daughter was one of the


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[Assistant] So, but it seems like at the end of the day, when you become big enough, it comes down to signing with a label.


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[Assistant] So I was just curious, what was the process? Was it, was it like, okay, like, we're gonna sign with you, but these are the condition? Was it like, how did it come, you know, how does it, uhm, how do you find the balance between signing with the label, but keeping your individuality?


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[Assistant] We go to the master seller. Helper creatures those are. Allies of big new customer.


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[Assistant] Saint Rindel, greetings. Our ships are ready for your repairs. We have made fair payment, and we are in a great hurry. Your work must begin at once.


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[Assistant] Honored customers, you made offer of payment, not fully accepted.


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[Assistant] What you ask is in short supply, difficult to do.


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[Assistant] Times are changing, Rindel creature. Your people must learn. We will not be stymied. You know my fleet's sacred mission. We count every passing hour against you. Think on the fleet you will face if your lack of cooperation is ever known, is ever even suspected.


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[Assistant] Why don't you come down to the school? There's a play party for book buying.


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[Assistant] No, so listen to this. Okay, so I was walking down the street and my hair was kind of laid. And this guy, this homeless guy came up to me and goes,


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[Assistant] So this is my question to you. My hair was actually really pulled back. When my hair is pulled back, it looks darker. I'm kinda like, I'm white, I'll be honest. My mom's a little bit of Spanish. That's where I get my childbearing hips from. But, he's like, hey sister. I was like, did he think I'm black?


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[Assistant] Yeaah, it's like internal right now. I'm kinda having an identity crisis. Like, do you think he thought I was black? Just cause my hair was like, really pulled back in light, like you couldn't see anything.


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[Assistant] What do you, uhm, think about Riff getting into wrestling?


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[Assistant] What do you think about his apprenticeship? Like, that he does look like the spawn of Hulk Hogan. Like, let's be honest, like they do look related and his weight gain is just like, vicious.


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[Assistant] I know Kidding performed recently at the W, was it WWE? Excuse me.


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[Assistant] I definitely think you guys are cool than the HAL twins, but they're pretty good. No, Sid and Thurman are cool, but uhm, I don't know.


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[Assistant] I always see you guys out at music events, so I feel like that's how we connect on that type of level where it's uhm, we have the same taste in outings. So it's like who,


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[Assistant] There's so many parties all the time. It's like, how do you choose which party to go to?


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[Assistant] Like, who's playing? Is it, who's playing? Is it the crowd? Is it like, uh, who's DJing?


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[Assistant] That's awesome. I don't know, I just, uhm, I'm hoping that there's gonna be like this, like Renaissance, where like men snap like back into it, where it's like, wait a second, we're not fuckboys anymore, like, what?


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[Assistant] Too familiar with it, but I do know that it gets weird, like real quick.


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[Assistant] In potential partners, what do you look for in potential partners? Do you look for someone who's doing the same amount of work as you? Does that make, does that matter to you?


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[Assistant] Does he have to match your hustle is what I'm saying. Does he?


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[Assistant] People don't realize that you have real human to human shit going on too.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I like boy talk. I like things like that. I like diving, you know, deeper than brands and things like that. But I feel like, is that the direction you want to go?


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[Assistant] I date musicians and it's like a horrible, horrible, uhm,


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[Assistant] But you know what, I also, I'm not gonna shit on their whole relationship, but that,


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[Assistant] You kind of have to like sign on the dotted line and say, you know, I'm ready to sign up for this and, uh, you're really not ready to sign up for it.


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[Assistant] I feel like, I went to New York for a summer, uhm, not last year but the year before.


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[Assistant] This is kinda hot. I was like these East Coast boys, I kinda feel that masculinity and then these West Coast boys are all about the facade, all about this image and it's like there's nothing behind the facade.


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[Assistant] Like those harlem boys, like those, I don't know. They're still dogs.


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[Assistant] No, I'm breaking the cycle with the rappers. Just cause I wanna East Coast, not all East Coast boys rap.


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[Assistant] I think he's one of those people that doesn't categorize success with, uhm, monetary things.


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[Assistant] I wanna know if his foot fetish is real. That's all I wanna know.


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[Assistant] Their way of writing is very different from ours because they write from the top of the page down to the bottom. I asked a Japanese why they did not write in our way, and he asked me why we did not write in their way.


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[Assistant] He explained that as a head of a man is at the top and his feet are at the bottom, so too a man should ride from top to bottom.


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[Assistant] They carry a sword and dagger both inside and outside the house and lay them at their pillows when they sleep.


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[Assistant] Never in my life have I met people who rely so much on their arms. They are very warlike. And they're always involved in wars. And thus the ablest man becomes their greatest lord.


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[Assistant] I dare say we'll want our food and our drink. There. Get downstairs, little back of bones.


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[Assistant] Quiet! What's this? Who is this? I keep the bookstore. I saw it all. It was another boy. Why didn't you come before? Couldn't get a soul to mind the shop.


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[Assistant] I'm afraid he's lost his way, sir.


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[Assistant] I know what children are and have done these 40 years. And people who can't say the same shouldn't say anything about them. That's my opinion.


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[Assistant] My heart jumped into my throat and I started sprinting toward her. Edith!


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[Assistant] It was only when her eyes flashed open and I got close enough to begin to understand what I was seeing that I realized she hadn't caught on fire. She threw up her hand again, palm forward.


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[Assistant] And I stumbled to a stop almost falling to my knees. The light blazed off her skin.


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[Assistant] She was so bright that I had to squint like I was trying to stare at the sun. I thought about falling to my knees on purpose.


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[Assistant] This was the kind of beauty you worshipped. The kind you built temples for and offered sacrifices to. I wished I had something in my empty hands to give her.


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[Assistant] But what would a goddess want from a mediocre mortal like me?


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[Assistant] It took me a while to see past her incandescence to the expression on her face. She was watching me with wide eyes. It almost looked like she was afraid of something. I took a step toward her and she cringed just slightly. Does that hurt you? I whispered. No. She whispered back. I took another step toward her.


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[Assistant] She was the magnet again and I was just a helpless piece of dull metal. She let her warning hand drop to her side. As she moved, the fire shimmered down her arm. Slowly I circled around her, keeping my distance.


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[Assistant] Just needing to absorb this to see her from every angle. The sun played off her skin, refracting and magnifying every color light could hold. My eyes were adjusting and they opened wide with wonder. I knew that she had chosen her clothes with care, that she'd been determined to show me this, but the way she held herself now, shoulders tight,


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[Assistant] Legs braced. Made me wonder if she wasn't second to guessing the decision now.


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[Assistant] She stared searchingly into my eyes, trying to hear what I was thinking. I reached toward her deliberately unhurried, watching her face for permission. Her eyes opened even wider, and she froze. Carefully, slowly.


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[Assistant] I let my fingertips graze the glistening skin on the back of her arm I was surprised to find it just as cold as ever.


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[Assistant] While my fingers were touching her, the reflections of the fire flickered against my skin, and suddenly my hand wasn't mediocre anymore.


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[Assistant] I took a deep breath and the words finally came. I have never seen anything more beautiful. Never imagined anything so beautiful could exist.


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[Assistant] Her eyes were still wary, like she thought I was saying what I thought she wanted to hear. But it was only the truth, maybe the truest, most uncensored thing I had ever said in my life. I was too overwhelmed to filter or pretend. She started to lift her hand, then dropped it. The shimmer flared. It's very strange though, she murmured. Amazing, I breathed.


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[Assistant] Aren't you repulsed by my flagrant lack of humanity? I shook my head, not repulsed. Her eyes narrowed. You should be. I'm feeling like humanity is pretty overrated.


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[Assistant] She pulled her arm from under my fingertips and folded it behind her back.


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[Assistant] Rather than take her cue, I took a half step closer to her. I could feel the reflected shine on my face.


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[Assistant] And she was suddenly ten feet away from me, her warning hand up again and her jaw clenched. I'm sorry, I said. I need some time, she told me. I'll be more careful. She nodded.


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[Assistant] Then walked to the middle of the meadow making a little arc when she passed me, keeping those ten feet always between us.


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[Assistant] She sat down with her back to me, the sunlight incandescent across her shoulder blades, reminding me of wings again. I walked slowly closer and then sat down facing her when I was about five feet away. Is this all right? She nodded, but she didn't look sure. Just let me concentrate. I sat silent and after a few seconds she shut her eyes again. I was fine with that. Seeing her like this,


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[Assistant] It wasn't something you could get tired of. I watched her trying to understand the phenomenon, and she ignored me.


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[Assistant] It was about half an hour later that suddenly she laid back on the grass with one hand behind her head. The grass was long enough to partially obscure my view. Can I? I asked. She patted the ground beside her. I moved a few feet closer and then another foot when she didn't object. Another few inches. Her eyes were still closed.


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[Assistant] Lids glistening pale lavender over the dark fan of lashes. Her chest rose and fell evenly, almost like she was asleep.


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[Assistant] The sun felt strange on my skin now that I was so used to the rain, and the meadow was still lovely, but it was just background now. It didn't stand out. I had a new definition of beauty. Her lips moved and the light glittered off them while they almost trembled.


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[Assistant] I thought she might have spoken, but the words were too quiet and too fast.


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[Assistant] Did you say something? I whispered. Sitting next to her like this, watching her shine, made me feel the need for quiet. For reverence, even.


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[Assistant] We didn't move for a long time, except for her lips every now and then singing too low for me to hear. An hour might have passed. Maybe more.


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[Assistant] Very gradually the tension that I hadn't totally processed at first drained quietly away.


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[Assistant] I leaned closer, studying her hand, trying to find the facets in her smooth skin, without even thinking about it. I reached out with one finger to stroke the back of her hand, awed again by the satin, smooth texture, cool like stone. I felt her eyes on me and I looked up, my finger frozen. Her eyes were peaceful and she was smiling. I still don't scare you, do I? Nope. Sorry.


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[Assistant] I inched closer again, stretched out my whole hand to trace the shape of her forearm with my fingertips. I saw that my fingers were trembling. Her eyes closed again. Do you mind? I asked. No. You can't imagine how that feels. I lightly trailed my hand over the delicate structure of her arm.


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[Assistant] Followed the faint pattern of bluish veins inside the crease at her elbow. I reached to turn her hand over, and when she realized what I wanted,


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[Assistant] She flipped her palm up in a movement so fast it didn't exist. My fingers froze. Sorry, she murmured, and then smiled because that was my line. Her eyes slid closed again. It's too easy to be myself with you. I lifted her hand, turning it this way and that, as I watched the sun shimmer across her palm.


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[Assistant] I held it closer to my face trying again to find the facets. Tell me what you're thinking, she whispered.


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[Assistant] She was watching me again, her eyes as light as I had ever seen them. Pale honey. It's still so strange for me not knowing. The rest of us feel that way all the time, you know. It's a hard life, she said. And there was a forlorn note in her tone. But you didn't tell me. I was wishing I could know what you were thinking. And? I was wishing that I could believe that you were real.


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[Assistant] Her voice was just a low murmur. We both heard what she hadn't said, that I didn't need to be afraid, that there was nothing to fear. That's not the kind of fear I meant.


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[Assistant] So quickly that I missed the movement completely, she was half sitting, propped up on her right arm, her left palm still in my hands. Her angel's face was only a few inches from mine. I should have leaned away, I was supposed to be careful. Her honey eyes burned. Then what are you afraid of? She whispered. I couldn't answer.


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[Assistant] I smelled her sweet cool breath in my face, like I had just the one time before. Unthinkingly I leaned closer, inhaling. And she was gone. Her hand ripped from mine so fast that they stung.


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[Assistant] In the time it took my eyes to focus, she was 20 feet away, standing at the edge of the small meadow, deep in the shade of a huge fir tree.


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[Assistant] She stared at me, eyes dark in the shadows, her expression unreadable. I could feel the shock on my face and my hands burned. I'm sorry. My voice was just a whisper, but I knew she could hear me. Give me a moment. She called, just loud enough for my less sensitive ears. I sat very still. After ten very long seconds, she walked back, slowly for her.


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[Assistant] She stopped when she was still several feet away and sank gracefully to the ground, crossing her legs underneath her. Her eyes never left mine. She took two deep breaths, then smiled apologetically. I am so very sorry, she hesitated. Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human? I nodded, not quite able to smile at her joke.


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[Assistant] Adrenaline pushed through my system as I realized what had almost happened. She could smell that from where she sat. Her smile turned mocking. I am the world's best predator, aren't I?


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[Assistant] Everything about me invites you in. My voice, my face, and even my smell. As if I needed any of that. Suddenly she was just a blur. I blinked and she'd vanished.


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[Assistant] Then she was standing beneath the same tree as before, having circled the entire meadow in a fraction of a second. As if you could outrun me, she said bitterly.


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[Assistant] She leaped a dozen feet straight up, grabbing a two foot thick branch and wrenching it away from the trunk without any sign of effort. She was back on the ground in the same instant.


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[Assistant] With an explosive boom both the branch and the tree shattered in half.


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[Assistant] Before the tree could even fall to the ground, she was right in front of me again, just two feet away, still as a sculpture. As if you could fight me off, she said gently. Behind her, the sound of the tree crash into the earth echoed through the forest. I'd never seen her completely freed of her careful human facade. She'd never been less human, or more beautiful. I couldn't move like a bird trapped by the eyes of a snake. Her eyes seemed to glow with excitement.


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[Assistant] Then, as the seconds passed, they dimmed. Her expression slowly folded into a mask of sadness. She looked like she was about to cry, and I struggled up to my knees, one hand reaching toward her.


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[Assistant] She held out her hand cautioning me. Wait.


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[Assistant] I froze again. She took one step toward me. Don't be afraid, she murmured. And her velvet voice was unintentionally seductive. I promise she hesitated. I swear I will not hurt you.


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[Assistant] You don't have to be afraid. She whispered again as she stepped closer with exaggerated slowness. She stopped just a foot away and gently touched her hand to the one that I still had stretched toward her. I wrapped mine around hers tightly.


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[Assistant] Please, forgive me, she said in a formal tone. I can control myself. You caught me off guard. I'm on my best behavior now.


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[Assistant] She waited for me to respond. I just knelt there in front of her, staring, my brain totally scrambled. I'm not thirsty today, honestly. She winked. That made me laugh, though my laugh sounded a little winded. Are you all right? She asked, reaching out, slowly, carefully, to put her other hand on top of mine.


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[Assistant] I looked at her smooth marble hand, and then at her eyes. They were soft, repentant,


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[Assistant] Awkwardly I copied her till we were sitting facing each other, knees touching, our hands still wrapped together between us.


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[Assistant] So, where were we before I behaved so rudely? I honestly have no idea. She smiled, but her face was ashamed. I think we were talking about why you were afraid, besides the obvious reason. Oh, right. Well?


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[Assistant] I looked down at our hands, turning minds that the light would glisten across hers. How easily frustrated I am, she sighed.


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[Assistant] I looked into her eyes, suddenly realizing that this was every bit as new to her as it was to me. However many years of experience she had had before we had met, this was hard for her too. That made me braver. I was afraid because, for, well, obvious reasons, I probably can't stay with you, can I? And that's what I want. Much more than I should. Yes, she agreed slowly.


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[Assistant] Being with me has never been in your best interest. I frowned.


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[Assistant] I should have left that first day and not come back. I should leave now. She shook her head. I might have been able to do it then. I don't know how to do it now. Don't. Please.


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[Assistant] She glared, carefully extricating her hands from mine, and then folding them across her chest. Her voice was harsher when she spoke again.


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[Assistant] You should never forget that it's not only your company I crave.


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[Assistant] Never forget that I am more dangerous to you than I am to anyone else. She stared unseeingly into the forest. I thought for a moment.


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[Assistant] I don't think I understand exactly what you mean by that last part. She looked back and smiled at me, her unpredictable mood shifting again. How do I explain this? And without horrifying you. Without seeming to think about it, she placed her hand back in mine. I held it tightly. She looked in our hands. That's amazingly pleasant. The warmth. A moment passed while she seemed to be arranging her thoughts.


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[Assistant] You know how everyone enjoys different flavors, she began. Some people love chocolate ice cream. Others prefer strawberry. I nodded.