Why? Are they lost? Or are they butterflies who have been coerced into thinking that night is day, until they see a greater light and not only realise that they have been tricked, but they are starving for liberty?
The leaders of what used to be the free world have something we do not; A vision for the future.
This vision allows them to justify manufacturing this current darkness. They call it the ends justifying the means.
And they are so committed to reaching their new dawn, that they are switching off our liberty.
Some of our brothers and sisters, who we claim are asleep, are not only awake, but they are now purposely complying, in order than when they reach this new dawn, their loyalty to these leaders will be rewarded.
But many others are just lost.
And then there is us, these small small groups of resistance fighters reacting to their meanness.
But the question that has been intriguing me is, “What is it that connects us?”
Now I know. We are united by values that they already sacrificed.
Decency, honesty, Empathy and courage . . . or to use another word . . .humanity.
And the humanity is our best hope.
But while hope can be an engine for defiance it's not enough.
What we need to do now is to come together and create an alternative vision.
And we have all the values to create a culture, that the majority of people would prefer to live in.
We just have to see it, in our heads and in our souls, and then, then we have to market it.
Think of it like switching on a powerful light in their dark.
At the moment, all of you are determined candles flickering in their winds of change.
But a communal vision will become our greatest weapon. One so powerful it will even override our greatest weakness, our leader's egos.
A weapon so bright, that to our brothers and sisters lost in the dark, we will be the new dawn.
But for now, our country, even our world needs you to do two things
1: through simply talking, help us clarify this vision.
For once we can see it, history proves that we will reach it, for our souls, like moths lost in the dark, eventually yearn for liberty and freedom.
And two, and this is going to be tough. But I want you to promise me, that no matter how cold and dark it gets, you will try your best to never stop being you. For each of you is not only a light in this darkness, but each of you, is what our world needs now. . . A defiant beacon of hope.
Beacons Of Hope, Speech