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Hollywood, Please Wake Up: Fire Los Angeles and the Fight for Change
An open letter to Hollywood: A tragedy always brings an opportunity,
Nothing is more powerful than words. Hitler killed millions of people and changed the course of humanity with his words, filthy words. Trump was able to convince millions of his lies and get re-elected with his words. But imagine if we could change the world for the better with our words. Imagine cooling our climate and protecting the earth by influencing people with words. It is not only possible but the only way out of this mess.
Once upon a time in the West, when Hollywood was young, the film industry was a dream factory inventing the world. Millions lived the dream invented by writers and actors in the movies. They could not crank stories fast enough to fulfill the insatiable thirst of moviegoers and dreamers.
Children were named after famous actors, and how many people strived to live the American dream? How many have moved to the United States looking for that mirage? How much did these stories change the world? It is all about the ideas, folks. Everything you see around you was once just an idea.
The world was good, and there were no limits to our aspirations. The sky was not even the limit — space and beyond was always a…