The woman who predicted the rise (and fall) of MAGA

I have been waiting since the late 90s/early 2000s to see people talking about Octavia and her work. Her work is mind and life changing, as is this episode, I think. Really, really well done. Thank you.

this wonderful, beautiful lady was a GENIUS, INNOVATOR, a FORESIGHT WONDER! and WAY AHEAD of OUR TIME!..

0:43 Literally Satanism.

The woman in the movie was Agnes Moorehead.

I LOVE Octavia Butler! She is easily in my top 3 favorite sci-fi writers & is shamefully underrated.🩷

Wow Garrison, thank you for Erica Alexander and introducing me and others to Octavia Butler. This should be a movie! Thank you and please do more! The library and Encyclopedia Britannica was our Google A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE and we are. The emotion that Erica shared was priceless.

LeVar Burton (yes, THAT LeVar Burton) wrote a book back in the mid-1990s called "Aftermath". It scared the shit out of me when I read it. It was marginally successful; still, few within the mainstream media had reviewed it, and the public never heard of it. A few years back during the COVID-19 lockdown, the book received a second life. Book clubs reviewed it via online chats, and suddenly a great many folks who would never read a sci-fi novel became fast fans of his work and others like it. So much so, Mr. Burton revised it for modern times, and one can actually view his audio reading of the book in its entirety on YouTube.
That novel, along with other authors, changed my futurist pondering into practical thinking. I would suggest anyone who enjoys the genre get the book or listen to LeVar read it. I guarantee you will be shocked by how prophetic his book is, and how uncomfortable it makes you feel.

I’m Glad I stayed For This Video TTR🤜🏿🇱🇾

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@GarrisonHayes Looove this and your channel! I had the honor of meeting Octavia Butler when I was in college during the mid '80s. I will never forget that moment. I'm truly moved by her work. Much love and thank you to Erika Alexander, as well. Great share and conversation. Thank you! 😊🤲🏾🙏🏾💜💜💜💜💜💜💫

Gottdamn this video was amazing and hella inspiring. I've been exploring the science fiction genre more for my comics and everrything in this video confirmed that it's not just something I do. It's my duty to myself and humanity. Thank you for this one!!!

Thank you for introducing me to her. I have no idea how I missed her work!

I’ve been waiting for someone to talk about Ms. Butler. Longtime fan of her work, and I read the Parables before 45/47 and thought, “Damn!” once he came along.

Excellent

Black Women of African Decent, Black African Women have always been seers ya'll- divination is based on pattern recognition!! This is seeded in our Aje the cosmic power that resides in our wombs space that allows us to read signs and SEE into the future, we ARE NARURAL INTUITIVES.

SHE WAS AN ORACLE WEATHER SHE CALLED HERSELF BY THST TERM OR NOT

SHE WASNT STUPID, SHE KNEW MATERIALIST AMERICA WOULD NOT TSKE "PROPHECY" SERIOUSLY – SO SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER GIFTS IN A COMMERCIAL SECULAR WAY BUT SHE WAS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL AND A HERMIT! All the sure signs of a seer. ❤

This is beautiful thank you for sharing this knowledge.

Fantastic discussion! Now my reading list just got longer. ❤

A "big tent" means nothing if only one side of the tent gets to hand out the gavels. Nobody is saying individual voters or progressive backbenchers don't exist. The point is about structural power. When Hakeem Jeffries; who faces zero leadership opposition; elevates Jared Moskowitz to Ranking Member of the Middle East Subcommittee, that isn't a random personal opinion. That is the official Democratic party apparatus handing control of U.S.-Israel policy, oversight, and agenda-setting directly to an outspoken hawk. If Democrats win the House, Moskowitz becomes Chair. The members "screaming every day" won't have the gavel, won't hold the committee seats, and won't write the foreign aid bills. Just like the DNC managing primary rules to protect establishment candidates in past cycles, using a "big tent" label to harvest progressive votes while giving 100% of the institutional authority to establishment hawks isn't a coalition; it's containment. When leadership acts without internal opposition, their choices are the party policy. ​This institutional dynamic is underscored by leadership's actions. Hakeem Jeffries claims his secret Kushner meeting was about "affordability," but Kushner focuses on Middle East diplomacy, not housing. Right after, Jeffries named Jared Moskowitz as ranking member of the Middle East Subcommittee. Moskowitz immediately declared: "I will use this position to strengthen the unbreakable relationship between the United States and Israel, expand regional peace with our Gulf allies, and make sure American foreign policy is grounded in strength, security and reality." Backroom deals for Israel policy aren't "real talk"; it betrays the majority of your base who demand accountability for foreign aid. Same 💩, Same people, Same politics, Same 💩 values. Expecting the same vote blue and white 🇮🇱, no matter who. This is 💩 Also, Kushner still has no security clearance. WHY VOTE FOR THE SAME 💩.

1984; Idiocracy; The Handmaid's Tale – and Octavia Butler's works … the warnings meant to alert, not to provide blueprints for the abusers.
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I have chills… thank you thank you thank you.

❤ Octavia Butter. Learn to leverage your power of imagination

this was one of the best things I have seen on YOUTUBE besides the videos on socialism I watch! Excellent as always Bro! My Man!