Andrew KimmelVerified account

Marianne is discussing the issues in America that will remain issues so long as short term profit maximization take priority over anything else. No healthcare No common sense gun legislation No fight on the climate crisis No peace creating agenda All to benefit corporations.

"Democracy does not just give us rights... it gives us responsibility... when those words were inscribed in the Declaration of Independence, 41 of them were slave owners.... that dichotomy has always been with us."

"It is our time. We're not the first generation to be facing assaults... let us not be the first ones to wimp out to get this country back on track. We need to have a very real and serious conversation... We are ready for this." @marwilliamson

Need to help kids in America's "domestic war zones"/violence in schools/communities/homes/these kids live in a state of trauma. Soldiers w/ PTSD is post traumatic/these kids suffer from present traumatic/We should be rescuing children/as if they're victims of a natural disaster.

We cap people's dreams. America is about unleashing people's dreams. Too much worrying now - what if I get sick? How am I going to pay for college? It is not supposed to be this way. It did not used to be this way. Bad policies made it this way & good policies can take it back.

"I feel most American's are not racist, but vastly uneducated on race"

The US is slipping backwards/racial disparity,voter suppression,crim justice/this is a character defect w/ the US since the beginning. It is time to put this horrific chapter to bed/We need a holistic approach to politics/We need to pay reparations (crowd gives standing ovation)

We need to have a serious conversation about: expanded economic opportunities for women/expanded education opportunities for children/reduction in violence against women/the amelioration of human suffering wherever possible.