Angela Davis on feminism, communism and being a Black Panther during the civil rights movement
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- 50 years on from the revolutionary days of May 1968, we talk to one of the most famous figureheads of that time, Angela Davis: former Black Panther, member of the Communist party and activist who is still fighting for racial, gender and economic equality.
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he keeps trying to antagonize her but he doesn't have the range.
No one does.
I thought it was just me. I had to watch this in stages. 🤬🤬
black men who were raised by single black women, would call the interviewers tactic "antagonizing." Even George Soros highlighted to the gullibilty of the black community when led by women.
"I'm going to bring down the United States by funding black hate groups. We'll put them in a mental trap and make them blame white people. The black community is the easiest to manipulate." - George Soros (Georgy Schwartz) at a 2014 BILD conference in Germany.
He isn't trying to antagonise her. Literally not what is happening.
This interviewer is definitely a neo liberal...shes way too intelligent to be speaking with this dude
I think if an interviewer agrees with everything she said and asked easy questions, we wouldn't get to see Ms. Davis flex with her knowledge as much.
I think it’s important to have discussions with people with different opinions in order to create a dialogue and it also helps keep ourselves accountable for our own arguments and to build on our arguments so that we can reach a broader demographic of people who would otherwise dismiss us.
@Bennett McCoy good! Boris Yeltsin dismantled the Soviet Union WITHOUT the people's consent! 77% wanted to keep the union
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_Union_referendum
@Bennett McCoy The people of the Soviet Union
@Bennett McCoy no, about 72%
Imagine calling your life's fight "nostalgia"
Over sensitive and victimising comment. Of course you can have nostalgia for actions and movements that were part of your history. He did not mean to disregard black history and their struggles.
i think many people would be nostalgic of their "life's fight", it's a time of action, comradery and sticking it to racists, who wouldn't be nostalgic of aspects of a time like that?
MsChitterchat well he did, that’s like saying you can’t be racist if you don’t know your racist
@@MsChitterchat Nostalgia implies that it's no longer ongoing or wasn''t as real as remembered, hence why Davis pushed back and redefined it as historical memories.
@@arnekim1922 How could you be nostalgic when the fight never ended and you're still losing it?
This guy is not even on her level. Imagine getting to interview Angela Davis and you don't even do your research. What a waste.
He's a white, middle-aged cis white man. Why do research when you have all that privilege to carry you through life?
@Pink Alien Interesting to describe what I said as epithets. White! Middle-aged! SO OFFENSIVE, right?Privilege means not realizing you have to do research when you are speaking to someone who doesn't share your background and life experiences and worldview.
“you’re intellectualizing it”
no mr. interviewer, she is simply intelligent
RED PILL PORTAL Wait. Say it again but louder. It makes more sense that way.
@Adrian Vaca True that!!
Lol intellectualized joining the communist party? I come from Cuba and that is NOT smart😂
I don't like this interviewer's style, but Miss Davis handled every question impeccably well. As she does. Pop off, Queen!
AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN ASTORIA QUEENS I HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER ON THAT HIGHWAY .ALTHOUGH I DISAPROVED OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. .I THOUGHT SHE HAD A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN OUR WORLD BACK THEN .
WE NEED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITYS .NO JOBS FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS .AND BE MORE COMPASSIONATE
AND UNDERSTANDING. ON HOW TO BRING HOPE AND
LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN TRYING TIMES .
SHE HANDLED HER INTERVIEW WITH CLASS AND GRACE .
She's very generous with her kindness to this clod
@RED PILL PORTAL lol
Why? She is intelligent yes. But what she is speaking for is stupid.
Unless you live in Eastern Europe
He talks, more than listens. Rebuts more than engages in conversation. Likes the sound of his voice and his witticisms.
@@jessicasugh3511 calm down...you're bias is in charge of you
Seems pretty equal to me...and it doesn't surprise me she's against the electoral college and for majority rule (mob rule).
@@bellehollermusic9160 "majority rule (MOB ? RULE?) unbelievable ! What bizarre thinking.
@@patriciax3677 ?
He is always asking her twice the same question because he is not happy with the answer she gaves him... he is just incapable of trusting and respecting her answer. Outrageous.
This woman has lived an incredible life. She is so intelligent and inspiring.
Bennett McCoy I can say the same about capitalists
Bennett McCoy yeah I can
did you know she gave guns to a guy that held a judge and jury hostage?
notf noio yes because the Soledad brothers took revenge on murderous prison guards. I’m totally fine with that lol
Bennett McCoy negative 👎
The fact that the interviewer didn't know she ran for office shows he didn't do much of any research. I mean Angela Davis's Wikipedia entry has that info FFS.
the way he does that "mm" thing after everything she says is MAD ANNOYING. HE IS MAD ANNOYING
cash lizard tv idk in some cultures it’s considered polite because it indicates active listening.
@@iratakeuchi3031 sounds more like a personal annoyance with this guy specifically
I agree any seasoned journalist knows to get a clean soundbite you let the interviewee speak. There are other ways to demonstrate active listening.
Andrea Gutierrez for sure just smile and nod my dude
i don't appreciate the interviewers questions or his assumptious attitude towards her ideas and beliefs, I'd enjoy her speaking without him putting his two sense that doesn't allow the conversation to flow freely.
it's two cents. the reason u don't appreciate, because you are too stupid to ever get a hand of context. Thank God we still live in the country that opposes idiots like angela davis, may she rests in peace.
She's really confused
I agree. He needs to can it and let her talk. So many excellent insights disrupted.
Davis (Jewish)
Still bares the name of her former masters. Still doing their bidding.
Rebecca Luna I don’t want our conscious to pick up signals
Ms. Davis doesn't need a thumbs up. She needs a standing ovation.
No she doesn’t, communism is evil. You don’t get a choice what you want to be, the “community “ decides for you.
She needs to pay reparations. Her ancestors were colonizers and slave owners.
Lol yeah especially with the communism garbage 🤡
The stoic calm with which she repeatedly schools this guy...[chef's kiss]
She’s so inspirational i can listen to her talk for hours oh my god
I love revolutionaries that are so smart.
@skyar, that is ignorant to say because when people asked her about what she thinks about that people are getting killed when trying to escape from east Germany and she defended the guards and criticized the people and people in Eastern Europe hated communism, she never criticized tyrants such as Joseph Stalin who made Holodomor or other purges!
Reading her autobiography as a young teen changed my world. My first thought was 'What would I have done?' The pain was, is real.
@CJ Boyle here's a man out of his depth. Read a fucking history book.
What "mind"?
Yes, Ms.Davis
@jullieray, please try to understand that she is ignorant because she thinks everyone likes communism but that’s not true, Mao Zedong killed so many people in China and Joseph Stalin created famines such as holodomor and some other guy in Cambodia killed lots of his own people and the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and when you are in a communist country, there is nothing in the store and you had to wait 10 years for a car and there was little freedom in communist countries!
Malcolm X was right about liberals
The interviewer is basic AF.
Channel 4 = Propaganda; see Chomsky's 5 Filters of Mass Media
#Free4554NGE 4554NGE is Mandela46664
Really? I found his questions and prompts quite engaging - especially that part about whether Davis thinks of herself as an icon.
@@fellowcitizen Imbecile
Angela Davis' optimism is encouraging.
It’s fascinating watching this interview now with everything going on
It’s even more fascinating “everything going on” meant something quite different 7 months ago
I didn't know she was still alive. She's a living treasure.
Neither did I...
Highest praise for Professor Angela Davis. She is perhaps one of my greatest living teachers. Her books, activism, and steadfast commitment to the Women's movement & Feminist academia continues to inspire me. Its incredibly important to understand the world we currently inhabit through a herstorical imagination & intersectional feminist lens. Peace Out the Revolution!
Lindsey Lee I am a white male. I was sexually assaulted by a black male superior, twice. My hispanic boss disregarded my complaint. She said, "He told me you were going to tell me that to get him fired." I said, "What, like I'm making it up?" She said, "Yeah." I had a witness the second time it happened, so I said, "Ask [the girl(I can't remember her name)]! She was standing right there!" She replied, "I'm not going to talk to her about this."
Her solution was to separate our shifts so we wouldn't be working with each other. He kept his hours. I got reduced to ten hours. I quit.
I should have called the police, I should have hired a lawyer, but I was naive.
My point is that I can't hop on the wagon with rhetoric like "We need to work together to stop white privilege and sexual assault in the workplace".
Could you? Would you be angry hearing these words if you were in my shoes?
I am going to destroy your movement.
Wanna bet?
Horny Horny Hippo NO ONE CARES STFU AND GO TELL YOUR SOB STORY TO SOMEONE ELSE. Tf does this have to do with Angela???
you are a frigging moron pos
I actually enjoyed this interview. Sure the interviewer didn’t have as much knowledge as her, but I think he walked away, just as much as a lot of us did, with a better understanding of her iconic viewpoints. It also highlights this historic time period we’re in very well. I hope they show clips from this in classrooms 10-20 years from now.
Have you heard of CRT? If republicans have their way, they'll never allow this clip - let alone her name be mentioned - in classrooms, at least in a positive way.
This interview just seems like the interviewer is trying to present his opinions to Angela Davis rather than gather her opinions on the matter
Joyce Armstrong you are mistaken he is asking her questions that require her to express as much of her knowledge and opinions as possible within a short space of time
You are absolutely right. He seems to love the sound of his own voice.
@RED PILL PORTAL and yet here you are...clicking on a video of someone you don't like, full of hype and ready to type, like some idiot, in all caps...under the impression that someone cares what you think. See, most people only click on videos of subjects that they're interested in, but you do the complete opposite. Now, go take your meds...
TH-cam comment section is poison. Angela Davis is the definition of a Hero. You salty reactionaries notwithstanding.
Ian Sun She's a communist. An ideology that killed over 100 million people, including members of my family. I grew up in the communist Czechoslovakia. I was listening to this equity bullshit since I was 3
Ian Sun
Yeah send all those who complain to the salt mines to be worked to death.
Yeah I regret reading what little of it I have... Your comment excepting, of course.
Sebastian Clare Maybe that's because you're supporting an idiology of mass murderers.
Yeaaaaaaaahhhhh...no.
"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil... I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals."
Albert Einstein
If you don't mind, I'll continue taking the words of this comrade - and many more like him - over those of you. Solidarity & Love all the same x
“The system itself needs to be abolished.” Abolitionists not reformists. What an inspiring woman, I have much to learn. I cannot wait to purchase her books from antiracist +/- black-owned bookstores.
She knew the horrors of racism firsthand growing up in deep south in Alabama...she is a srong woman of color
@@jordanthomas4379 one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist
the founding fathers would've been terrorist
This interviewer seemed kinda rude to me. Almost mansplainish and condescending towards THE Ms.Angels Davis. Painful to watch. Wish he’d stfu and let her speak
Agreed
I love this woman.
if this man interrupts Ms. Angela Davis one more time.... its making me so upset. I don't know who this man is but they should have chose another interviewer that has the depth and manners to interview anyone, especially Ms. Angela Davis
Seriously, this man was extremely disrespectful. I cringed every time he opened his mouth, dramatically questioning her. He better bow down!!!! Ms. Davis handled it well though and she taught me a lot.
I hate to say it, but it's privilege that made him feel entitled to do such. Johnreadstoomuch.com
It's a british journalist working for a british network. Their job is to cut to the bone, not talk nice. I think he did a very good job and gave us a good insight into Angela Davis' view on contemporary politics and society.
Yet to see any Channel 4 staff who do not use interviews for propaganda rather than discovery. They are stenographers par excellence.
@Bruno56 I'm a retired therapist and you need one fast !
we are truly blessed to get to experience her wisdom and her knowledge. wish she'd had a better interviewer!
14:50, I wholeheartedly agree. You can have radical ideas, but without adequate support they cannot happen.
i am a 76 year old black woman. I've lived here my entire life. Saying that little has changed since 1968 is ridiculous. I remember those days and things are so much better now.
I am 55 year old yellow bull terrier cogenitor. My opinion is not anecdote and you shouldn't apply nuance to anything I say!
@Bennett McCoy you're an idiot...anyone ever tell you that?
@Bennett McCoy what an uninspired argument. What do you know about Angela Davis or communism. When you criticize a professor and an activist just throwing a word you don't understand makes you look stupid. Probably get a fail in her college class. You'd deserve it.
This interviewer is not listening to anything she's saying smh
Rashida D communists always say that when interviewers begin to ask even slightly tough questions. Always.
@@jordanthomas4379 well she didn’t have a tough time answering them
Angela Davis is a living legend. One of my heroes.
It always tears me up to hear her talk. A lot of people say "what if we still had MLK, what if we still had Malcolm." But we do still have heroes to look to and to guide us. 🙏✊🏼
Hello there, sorry for bothering you but I love MLK but other revolutionary people are communist and Angela Davis doesn’t support peace and she supports communism and if you tell someone in Poland that people in US want communism, they will laugh!
I think I just found my American hero. How did I not know about Ms Davis?
Well are you white?
Moniker Loniker thats definitely a large part of that. Being a black, gay, feminist, communist will bury you deep in the history books. Being a communist in this country is guaranteed to keep you buried.
Ellie Borak I asked of you were white because black history isn’t something that is taught in school we learn our history either from paying for it when we go to college or from our families and friends. Or if you were lucky enough to attend a black elementary, middle or high school
Moniker Loniker yes. I absolutely understand what you mean and you are right and I’m white. It’s up to us to actively seek it out.
Ellie Borak thanks for acknowledging that and not getting defensive. It’s a sad truth but I’m hopeful as I was one of the lucky ones to attend a black elementary school. I know they’re out there. So my children will be taught who they are early as well. 🖤
I wish I could glean under this brilliant woman's philosophy. May God continue to bless her.
My hero! Intelligent, concious, and beautiful!
On par with Lenin and Mao!
Communism, Satanism...what's the difference??
CJ Boyle how is she a communist??
CJ Boyle so what!? She’s still a blacc soldier! Respect it or checc it!
CJ Boyle Westend KC clearly has issues with listening.
Angela D is incredibly aware and brave!
Tolerance is for all. It is important to be respectful. It is best to not ignore anyone, it is the basic rule in journalism. A new generation of researchers have to take over.
Stopped watching when she says history never replicates itself
My grandpa was apart of the black Panthers, unfortunately he passed when I was only two years old. I wish I had more time with him to learn more about the black culture and know more about my ancestors and roots. Angela is a true definition of inspiration! ❤️
@Dominique Roydor Angela Davis is a communist traitor
@CJ Boyle and your grandparents were Klaniac siblings
im doing research on Angela Davis for school, bc i want to learn more ab her and i got to pick who i did my paper on, so ofc i picked my queen ms Davis, this interview kinda helped but i wish he did better asking questions rather than just trying to argue.
great conversation!
Does anybody know the interviewer’s name?
THANK YOU
Thank you to all the brothers n sisters fer standing fer HUMAN RIGHTS and to all those MURDERED these past 54 years May GOD bless im All with Peace n help goin on to thet Good place. AMEN
the socialist death toll in Russia and China alone in the last century easily tops 100 million. any reason why the government system old angela advocates for would be any different?
@@TheBalterok That was due to gangster opportunists like the C|intonites who assumed control, just as they have already in the West. There will be a repeat of Stalinism on a greater scale if the Blairites, C|intonites, Bb/Pp are not deposed and arrested. People like Tulsi and Bernie are corrective and protective forces, which facilitate community and collective agency, and innoculate against Police Statism.
This interviewer doesn't have enough of a knowledge base to explore what Angela Davis can offer in a conversation. The penultimate last straw for me was asking her if she thought fake news was bad. Of course it is. And the dead-last straw was asking her mostly about her fame, which is not an important subject matter for Davis.
Alexa, show me how not to conduct an interview
power in hope
Great interview!
Angle Davis, has always and always be a legend, a great spokes person to help women and men to understand what History is all about. She has been on all sides of the fence. Thank you MS. Davis for coming back out to teach the truth and open up eyes and allowing the world to know the truth.
Loved it when she schooled him about Electoral College and it’s racist origin. ✌🏾✊🏾👏🏾
sir your political allegiances are showing...
this interview was horrible! people walking in the background, no name interviewer, his european Mansplaining, overtalking, and no digestion of the nuggets of America's great protester, activist, civil survivor!
Mansplaining is a term used as a device by Misandrists, and it's designed to shame men into not talking, as women feel smart until a logical, rational man speaks. The Misandrist needs men to be silent so they can seem smart...in the land of the silent, the feminist is smart. Lol
Moon Tone Records, LLC LOL. In a patriarchy misandry is non existent. Mysogyny is a system of socially controlling women through violence (even murder) for not following patriarchical rules. In which way are (white cis) men being silenced, experiencing violence (for speaking up) and being murdered by „misandrists“? If white cis men are surprised by the fact that they can experience critical responses to the way they conduct themselves than maybe some reflection on their behavior is long overdue. Also: Has telling a man that he is mansplaining ever silenced a man? Probably not. He‘d probably mansplain to you that he‘s not mansplaining cause he‘s a man and he knows best and you should really listen to him... cause he‘s a man... and also: shut up!
@@supersonic1833 Did you really tell me to shut up? Lol You're definitely a man-hating feminist. Full of rage, and no brains. Please work on your grammer, your sentence structure, and try and formulate a real 'argument' when you disagree with people, instead of running your mouth like some street punk. It was painful trying to read your comment. You have a terrible command of the English language. Good luck.
@@bellehollermusic9160 and the intergalactic trophy for mansplaining goes to..........
😞😟👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Who is the interviewer of Angela Davis? I hope Angela Davis lives to see a new wave of revolutionary struggle in America and the world
I hope angela davis is actually given a chance to live a life of an ordinary person in a socialist utopia. the first thing she will do is shave bold for she will have no means to maintain her signature afro. the next - she will sell her soul to the secret service, and sign up as a spy, just to be able to escape into the abyss of exploitation, a capitalist country. she is too well fed to be able to endure the lean dietary fruits of her mindless dreaming. let's wish the village hero a peaceful rest. soon.
She's a millionaire
@@harshitmadan6449 and? what does that have to do with anything? She's smart so maybe she's made good investments or she may have made good money from her books and speaking engagements.... Wonder why you resent her having some money.
patricia x if she’s made good investments, and made her $$$ from books and speaking engagements, then she’s directly benefits from the fruits of capitalism.
Not bad for an avowed communist. Too bad she’s a fucking hypocrite.
This comment aged so well
Angela 🖤👑
Angela is so levelheaded and eloquent.
I am interested to know what Angela Davis thinks of Candace Owens
Candace Owens is not serious enough and I'm not just saying that to be reductive but if you actually listen to what she is saying her arguments are deeply flawed to the point that you can't even get anywhere in a debate about her 'ideas' without having to correct the roots of those ideas. Its kind of crazy that anyone who 'sounds smart' can get a huge platform
Candies Owens pray tell
Totally agree. It is astonishing BUT NOTHING NEW for us educated WOMEN. It is just amazing how MEN still are not able to see the injustice on each and every level.
Amazing how a person who supported the Berlin Wall and jailing of dissidents in Eastern bloc countries is now treated as some kind of champion of freedom and justice.
She certainly did not have any problems with prisons in the USSR and in East Germany.
She also admired and praised Fidel Castro 😆 what a loser!!!
This woman is a force of nature. Utter respect ✊
"There’s a certain woman here named Angela Davis. I don’t know if you are familiar with her in this country, but in our country, literally for one whole year, we heard of nothing at all except about Angela Davis. There was only Angela Davis in the whole world and she was suffering. We had our ears stuffed with Angela Davis. Little children in school were told to sign petitions in defense of Angela Davis. Little boys and girls, 8 and 9 years old in schools, were asked to do this. Well, they set her free. Although she didn’t have a rough time in this country, she came to recuperate in Soviet resorts. Some Soviet dissidents - but more important, a group of Czech dissidents- addressed an appeal to her: ”Comrade Davis, you were in prison. You know how unpleasant it is to sit in prison, especially when you consider yourself innocent. You now have such authority. Could you help our Czech prisoners? Could you stand up for those persons in Czechoslovakia who are being persecuted by the state?” Angela Davis answered: ‘They deserve what they get. Let them remain in prison.’ That is the face of communism."
And support for Jim Jones
Kuddos for the Black Woman schooling this Brit on American Electoral system, built on racist values, that he skirted around this knowledge into a new thought....
#MyShero
Huh?
open your minds what do you expect miracles understand comprehend and you shall go forward , the changes are now .
Tremendous woman! An angel!
Angela love to see your Afrow! And great to see you!!!! Love to be back in my love !
Sending love from Australia and l love you and your lovely hear!
I admire her so much a real fucking OG. I would love to meet her one day 🙌🏾
She is one of my heroes, fight for the majority, destroy the minority.
awesome
She was never a panther, she had a boyfriend in the panthers named George Jackson
Queen Angela Davis
My 3rd cousin
I love her so much
Angela Davis is so fucking cool
Imagine asking an activist and philosopher who went to prison for threatening the status quo whether she questions her assumptions, and then making this face: 20:04
Thank you.
Peter/Angela Bollinger You are a cis black male.
I know why the caged bird makes fake accounts on social media.
Nice.
Let me give you my female relatives' phone numbers:
Oh wait no I can't allow myself to be a victim of genocide. It is time to retaliate fairly.
She handled this interview very well!!
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11:53 Angela Davis endorsing Jeremy Corbyn
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I love you Angela
still relevant to this day
"But what does that tell you about American society?" - Dude is giving me a panic attack rn.
Nothing she doesn’t already know...? Lol he’s such a basic boo
Angela Davis is still alive at 76 years old. I remember her in the 1960s a very intellectual women. I remember 1968 James Brown singing Say it loud black and proud.
You are still alive, so why shouldn't she be alive?
@@Michelle-pn9xt Thank you for reply. Some people do not live to be 76 especially Angela Davis back ground.
@@tyroneprice6642 Some people do not live to be 20, while some live to be 125. Everyone has a different lifespan.
Did anyone else catch Ms. Davis subtly flipping him the bird after the Trump hair comment?! Slow playback speed to .25 between 21:00 and 21:05. I don't even think she was necessarily aware of it, but it's hysterical!
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Love YOU auntie!! !
Wow I saw a clip on twitter and assumed it was a recent interview before I remembered social distancing.
I'm glad abolitionist ideas are spreading
She’s inspiring - women race and class is still relevant - she’s far far
more than a “ protest intellectual “ this interviewer missed his chance
Know your history, or live a misterary in darkness.
truly iconic,a very knowlegable woman
She is another amazing American mind. So wise and thoughtful. I thought the interviewer was very good.
It is a great interview, he deserves some of the credit.
Thank goodness you guys were seeing that from the interviewer as well. Does he really believe that this is her first time she has ever enountered someone like him? She is rock solid in who she is and what it is all about. Huh, underestimate her and see where it gets you...smh
An outspoken Communist in the US? This woman is a unicorn. take care of her
Yes, a strong opinion dissenting from the status quo. Problem is, there are no dissenting voices tolerated the other way. So the grass seems greener on the other side but when you look around at the major communist countries, the violations of human rights, it is clearly not better at all. They are all run by dictators for life.
@@gbt722 I disagree with you spong B.
First, you have an idea of democracy that is created by the western capitalist world. And in this capitalist societies you can see a looot of human rights violations. And democracy is how people can take action in it instead of the time a certain person is the leader
This countries have their obstacles like any other country, but the way the western capitalist superpowers make we think about all this socialist experiences is naive to say the very least. I would urge you to read something from italian Domenico Losurdo for example if you are interested
Angela she's the one spot human right. Mama we love you 😍
I could listen to this sister speak for days! Actually I'm already doing it! Power to the People! I wonder what she has to say about the things happening right now???
I can't get over the fact some kid just casually walked through the shot, didn't they have an interview room???
Basically she said nothing has changed.
on a certain respect the economical system cannot be revived forget the $ is gone it won't survive wishes and hopes is already DEAD 🤗 however the king is dead long live the king 👑 😘