Working on a promotional video for my game, got the primary component of it (the mayor's speech) done just now. Here it is, for whoever would like to read it!
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Citizens of Chicago. People of the world, if you happen to be listening.
This is your mayor speaking. My name is Rahm Israel Emanuel. You can just call me Rahm.
For now, I will keep it simple: a lot has changed over the years. Not just this country, this nation. Not any one region you care to name.
All of us have. Were we to look into the mirror right now, we would be seeing a different person entirely. The world, as a whole,
is different. Politics, media of all sorts, news,\. movements... to say we are not making steps towards a better society is a
falsehood. Or, at least, we're attempting to.
2018 is coming to a close. This decade as a whole will shortly follow. These last 10 years have been simultaneously a period of change,
and a period of great confusion. Sorrow. Conflict. Acceptance is the song that many are singing right now. At a glance, we seem to be understanding each other. Kindness is regarded, as least in certain circles, as an important virtue. A way
of life. When you really get down to it, peace is all we ought to seek at this point. Human life would be so much easier, right?
The thing I am noticing, however... is that we are still in a state of perpetual friction.
Were it anyone specifically, I would not be on this podium, besmirching their name in front of millions of people. Whether they be
standing right here, outside of the city hall, or sitting comfortably on their couches. It should not need to be said, but that
would not be the actions of a proper mayor. And if you ask me, yet another act of public defamation is the very last thing we, you, and the city of
Chicago need right now. After thousands, if not millions, of years, the collective moral compass of human people has been called into question long enough.
I will say right now, that I will not name what I believe is the sole direct cause of the damaging of our world's morale. It's not the fact that we are still at
war with other countries for various reasons. It's not the terrorist attacks that continue to occur on a disturbingly regular basis,\. whether in Asia, the Americas,
Africa, wherever they may take place. It's not the current president of the United States of America, who I'm sure many of you are well acquainted with at this point.
It's not the innumerable natural or unnatural disasters that take place, both due to and through no fault of our own. Pointing the finger at any one thing is
a fruitless act, now more than ever. It will accomplish nothing.
The problem is every single one of us. Whether we realize it or not, we all play a role in the positivity, growth, and beneficiaries of human society. It is
not the role of a single person, group, organization, or otherwise to fix the problems that currently plague this world. We, as a race, are all brethren
and sistren. For all the growth we are attempting, all the acceptance, what have you... every second we choose to deface one another, to criticize
those that only aim to bring peace, to unleash on and dismiss the free world in response to only our personal slights, we take a step backward to what we should all really
be aiming for. To what that objective is, I will not patronize you with an answer. Implicitly, we all know the ultimate goal of human society.
Peace. Not world conquest, not vengeance on our forefathers and antagonists for whatever we might perceive as their wrongdoings, not personal gratification at the
expense of others... peace. For us all to really live in harmony and stability, we need to achieve peace. I fully and honestly acknowledge that the human being
is not perfect; that one way or another, we will always take issue with one another over something. That is an inevitability I believe no one can really change.
All the same, we must always work to love and reach out to one another; or at least, unederstand each other. Whenever possible, step out of your own bubble and
listen to what others have to say. Never assume what you know is all anyone needs to know. At the end of the day, citizens of not just Chicago, but the
world... we're all in this together.
Thank you.