In a weird way, I was skeptical of just how much good this speech did or would do, until I read *this.* You and I have been beating the same dystopic drum on this platform and others for a decade, and yet seeing *you* put this out there gave me hope. That this actually meant something. That this actually did what it set out to do. Man, I hope you're right. And I hope this somehow means we've both been wrong this whole time.