535 Alameda, by Gottlieb

track by Gottlieb

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OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE: THE RATE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AMONG YOUR PROFESSION IS FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE POPULATION. TO BE CLEAR, IT IS LIKELY THAT EITHER YOU OR THE PERSON STANDING NEXT TO YOU HAS HARMED A LOVED ONE IN THE PAST YEAR. YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR LINE OF WORK WHO ABUSES THEIR CHILD, PARTNER OR FAMILY MEMBER. MAYBE THAT SOMEONE IS YOU. CAN YOU ENVISION THIS COWORKER IN YOUR MIND? IS THAT PERSON YOU? DO YOU STRUGGLE TO CONTROL YOUR ANGER? HAVE YOU LOST FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO? DO YOU HURT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE? WHY?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. MORE THAN A THIRD OF YOU STRUGGLE WITH ALCOHOL ABUSE. TO BE CLEAR, IT IS LIKELY THAT EITHER YOU OR ONE OF THE PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO YOU IS ABUSING ALCOHOL. CAN YOU ENVISION THIS CO-WORKER IN YOUR MIND? IS THAT PERSON YOU? DO YOU STRUGGLE TO CONTROL YOUR DRINKING? ARE YOU SLOWLY DRINKING YOURSELF TO DEATH? ARE YOU TRYING TO NUMB YOURSELF? WHY?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. THE SUICIDE RATE AMONG YOUR PROFESSION IS DOUBLE THE AVERAGE POPULATION. TO BE CLEAR: CONSERVATIVELY, YOU ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE THAN THE PEOPLE STANDING ACROSS FROM YOU. THINK OF THE PEOPLE BESIDE YOU. YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR LINE OF WORK WHO HAS MADE AN ATTEMPT. MAYBE THAT SOMEONE IS YOU. MAYBE YOU HAVE CONSIDERED IT. MAYBE YOU STILL CONSIDER IT. IT IS PROBABLE THAT ONE OF YOU WILL DIE BY SUICIDE. WILL THAT PERSON BE YOU? WHY?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. CAN YOU WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE OF THIS JOB? STATISTICALLY, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. HALF OF YOU BEAT YOUR LOVED ONES. A THIRD OF YOU ARE DRINKING YOURSELVES TO DEATH. MANY OF YOU STANDING HERE WILL DIE BY SUICIDE. YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON. DO THESE NUMBERS DESCRIBE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH A CLEAN CONSCIENCE?

YOU HAVE A GUN IN YOUR HAND NOW. YOU ARE TOLD THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION NOW. DO YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP EACH NIGHT? DO YOU RELY ON SUBSTANCES TO RELAX? DO YOU RELY ON SUBSTANCES TO SLEEP? DO YOU SUFFER FROM ANXIETY? DO YOU STRUGGLE TO CONTROL YOUR ANGER? DO YOU TAKE IT OUT ON YOUR LOVED ONES? DO YOU TAKE IT OUT ON YOURSELF? DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF? THE NUMBERS PAINT A VERY CLEAR PICTURE.

AT LEAST ONE OF YOU WILL DIE BY SUICIDE. WILL IT BE YOU? WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE FRONT LINES. THEY ARE POOR LEADERS. THEY SEND YOU TO DO THE HARD WORK. YOU LAUGH ABOUT THEIR STUPIDITY BEHIND THEIR BACKS. DO YOU RESPECT THEM, REALLY? THEY SEND YOU TO DO THE GRUNT WORK. YOU FACE THE MENTAL ABUSE, THE ACHING FEET, THE ACHING KNEES, THE ACHING BACK. THEY SEND YOU INTO HARM'S WAY. DO THEY RESPECT YOU? REALLY?

YOU LAUGH ABOUT THEIR STUPIDITY BEHIND THEIR BACKS. YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS. DO YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS? WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS? ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING LIED TO EVERY DAY? ARE YOU TIRED OF NOT BEING ALLOWED TO THINK FOR YOURSELF? ARE YOU TIRED OF NOT BEING ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS?

YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON. YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK.

DID THEY TELL YOU WHO YOUR ENEMY WAS? DID THEY SAY IT WAS SOMEONE MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS YOU?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE MET AN IMMIGRANT? DID SOMEBODY TELL YOU THAT YOUR ENEMY IS SOMEONE YOU SEE EVERY DAY AT THE STORE, IN TRAFFIC, AT THE BAR?

WHO TOLD YOU WHO YOUR ENEMY IS? WHOSE AGENDA ARE YOU SERVING? IS IT YOURS?

DO YOU MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS? DO YOU OWN A SKYSCRAPER? HAVE YOU EVER EVEN MET A BILLIONAIRE? THEN WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO THEIR ORDERS? WHY ARE THEY TELLING YOU WHO YOUR ENEMY IS? WHY ARE YOU SERVING THE INTERESTS OF BILLIONAIRES WHO ARE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES? WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? ARE THEY ON YOUR SIDE? ARE YOU ON YOUR SIDE?

DO YOU THINK THESE BILLIONAIRES, POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU? THEN WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING THEIR ORDERS? DO YOUR KNEES HURT? DOES YOUR BACK HURT? DO YOUR FEET HURT? ARE YOU EXHAUSTED? IS IT WORTH IT? DO YOU THINK THEY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. YOUR EMPLOYERS WANT YOU TO DIE IN THE STREET. THEY WANT TO TURN YOU POOR MOTHERFUCKERS INTO A MARTYR. YOU ARE A DOLLAR AND YOU ARE BEING SPENT. IF YOU WERE TO DIE OR BE HARMED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN ANY WAY, YOUR EMPLOYERS WOULD BE THRILLED. THEY WANT YOU DEAD. THEY WANT US TO KILL YOU SO THEY CAN JUSTIFY KILLING US, ALL WHILE STAYING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE WHILE YOU SERVE THEIR INTERESTS.

YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK. YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE. YOU ARE INTELLIGENT.

WHOSE INTERESTS ARE YOU SERVING? YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. WHY ARE YOU RISKING YOUR LIFE TO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR OWN INTERESTS?

WHY ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN YOUR ANGER? WHY ARE YOU LOSING YOUR LOVED ONES? YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.

WHY ARE YOU TWICE AS LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE THAN THE AVERAGE POPULATION? YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WRONG. YOU KNOW YOU ARE BEING LIED TO. YOU ARE NOT MEANT TO DO ANOTHER MAN'S BIDDING. YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK. YOU ARE NOT A MACHINE. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. WHEN WILL YOU CRACK? YOU ARE NOT MEANT TO DO ANOTHER MAN'S BIDDING. YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK. YOU ARE NOT A MACHINE. THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?

LOOK AROUND. ARE YOU THE PERSON STANDING HERE THAT WILL COMMIT SUICIDE? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF HAVING BETRAYED YOUR OWN MORALS, YOUR OWN CLASS AND YOUR OWN PEOPLE?

EACH OF YOU IS OUTNUMBERED 1,000 TO 1. YOU SUFFER FROM THE LOWEST PUBLIC OPINION OF ANY PUBLIC SECTOR. MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS WANT YOUR POSITION TO BE ABOLISHED. YOU ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY HATED. AND YET YOU ARE BEING FORCED TO CONTINUE ESCALATING THIS CONFLICT IN PERSON IN THE MOST HEAVILY ARMED COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

EACH OF YOU IS OUTNUMBERED 1,000 TO ONE. YOU ARE FACING THE MOST HEAVILY ARMED POPULATION IN HUMAN HISTORY. YOUR LEADERS WANT YOU TO DIE TO FURTHER THEIR OWN AGENDA - AGAINST YOUR OWN INTERESTS, AGAINST YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE, AGAINST YOUR OWN MORALS.

IT IS NO WONDER YOU DRINK YOURSELVES TO DEATH. IT IS NO WONDER YOU ABUSE YOUR LOVED ONES AND END UP ALONE. IT IS NO WONDER YOU COMMIT SUICIDE AT TWICE THE RATE.

THEIR CAUSE IS NOT WORTH IT. YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS. THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE. WHEN WILL YOU CRACK? THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE. WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE: YOUR LEADERS WANT YOU TO DIE. YOUR LEADERS DO NOT RESPECT YOU. THEY GAVE YOU LESS TRAINING THAN THE AVERAGE BARBER AND THEN THEY PUT YOU IN FRONT OF A COUNTRY THAT HATES YOU. A COUNTRY THAT EMBRACED LUIGI MANGIONE. A COUNTRY THAT OWNS 400 MILLION GUNS. IS THAT THE TREATMENT OF A LEADER WHO CARES FOR YOU?

THIS IS THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT THEY HAD TO MAKE TO GET YOU TO GO INTO THE MEAT GRINDER. WILL YOU DO IT? WILL YOU OBEY WHEN THEY GIVE THE ORDERS TO KILL YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN - WORKING PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF - WILL YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS? WILL YOU? WILL YOU OBEY?

ARE WE YOUR ENEMY? ARE YOU A BILLIONAIRE? DO YOU OWN A SKYSCRAPER? WILL YOU OBEY A BILLIONAIRE?

THIS WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU GO HOME. IF YOU GO HOME, ALL OF THIS CAN STOP. THIS WILL GET WORSE. YOUR BOSSES ARE RECEIVING ORDERS TO CONTINUE ESCALATING. CONTINUE RAISING QUOTAS. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND WHAT'S COMING? OR WILL YOU BE THE ONE WHO DIES BY SUICIDE?

OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING. YOUR NUMBERS ARE SHRINKING. YOUR KNEES, FEET BACK AND MINDS ARE FAILING. YOU CAN FEEL IT. CAN YOU ALONE SURVIVE 1,000 PEOPLE FIGHTING YOU? THOSE ARE THE ODDS YOU FACE.

YOU ARE INTELLIGENT. YOU ARE IN GRAVE, GRAVE DANGER. YOUR BOSSES HAVE PUT YOU IN GRAVE DANGER FOR THEIR OWN AGENDA. YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK. YOU KNOW YOU ARE BEING LIED TO. YOU KNOW WHO YOUR ENEMY IS. YOU KNOW THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THIS ALL STOPS IF YOU GO HOME. YOU CANNOT SURVIVE WHAT IS COMING.

YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THE CONSEQUENCES. YOU ARE NOT A RICH MAN. YOU ARE NOT A POLITICALLY POWERFUL MAN. THEY WILL THROW YOU TO THE WOLVES. THEY ALREADY HAVE.

YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THE CONSEQUENCES. YOU ARE NOT A RICH MAN. YOU ARE NOT A POLITICALLY POWERFUL MAN. THEY WILL THROW YOU TO THE WOLVES. THEY ALREADY HAVE.

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. WILL IT BE YOU? WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. WILL IT BE YOU? WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, AGENTS OF THE STATE. YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. WILL IT BE YOU? WHEN WILL YOU CRACK?