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  1. As an overseas viewer, it is getting very common to hear talk of impending social clashes or civil war in your country. A former general said that the Covid-19 pandemic was handled wrongly because it should have been a solid citizen-backed vaccination and mask wearing mantra that every American got behind. As we all know there was your former President Trump who made things turn into a very poorly managed affair. But what has to happen now is to change the narrative. You are going to laugh, but I firmly believe we have to start calling these times, now hold on---'exciting times'. Why do I say this? Because we've got to realize if we fall into the camp of saying things are spiralling out of control then we'll have to keep saying things are spiralling out of control. There are tremendous challenges that need addressing across your country, but let's throw a wrench in the doomsayer's spokes and call these 'exciting times'! We are using old instruction books on how to wind down flaming rhetoric coming from extremists of every stripe and color. Sure, there are the followers of someone so unAMERICAN a guy as Trump, but let's use the tools that turn their screws instead of trying to cut through concrete with a butter knife. Chris Hedges is a gifted orator who enthralls his audience with a way of speaking that connects to wandering minds. But now we've got to ask Chris to use his gifts to uplift and encourage mending the fences that divide your people. What I'm saying is probably too vague or utopic in nature, but all I want to say is that it's time for a new narrative. We've got young people out there who have been hearing doom talk for too long about their world and the health of their friends and families and about the economic Armageddon just waiting to rain down on us. We need new ways to tackle extremist views coming from people who are in an emotional state. They cannot be fact-checked into seeing through the veil of false truths their leaders have hypnotized them with. There is a way through the great social divide coming down in your country and it's by not giving in to expressions like 'Oh, they'll never listen'. People will listen, but you can't use the old ways of communicating to get through to them. These are exciting times, let's get our balance back and everybody feeling good again.
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