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The real heroes are not those who are born fearless, but those who face the fear in their hearts and challenge them!
Garrick 2022-11-09 17:33:07
Aaron is a great man, but he has been treated unfairly in America, the most democratic and free country (because of phishing surveillance video, facing felony charges that do not match his actual behavior, his family being investigated by the FBI... ··), everything in the end magnified his already fragile nerves and aggravated his depression. He is obviously a very vulnerable person, is not good at arguing and suffers from depression, but he has no hesitation to fight against big financial groups and corrupt ideas for the Open Access he agrees with. He overcomes the many shackles in his heart, and only for the concept he agrees with, he perfectly interprets what a hero is! Technology is for the benefit of human beings. If our technology does not consider those disadvantaged groups and does not share beautiful things with our own kind, then at best we are just showing off our IQ.
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First Title Cards: Unjust Laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we edeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have suceeded, or shall we transgress them at once?- Henry David Thoreau