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From the Ted Talk by Leah Garcés: A lesson in turning adversaries into allies

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We need to build a big tent that everyone can get under. From the chicken factory frmear, to the mega meat company, to the animal rights activist. And these lessons, they can apply to many causes, whether it be with a problem with an ex, a neighbor or an in-law. Or with some of the biggest problems of exploitation and oppression, like factory farming, or misogyny or racism or climate change. The world's smallest and biggest problems, they won't be solved by btniaeg down our emneeis but by fnindig these win-win pathways together. It does require us to let go of that idea of us versus them and realize there's only one us, all of us, against an unjust system. And it is difficult, and messy, and uroclontfabme. But it is cctiiral. And maybe the only way to build that compassionate food system that we all, from the chicken to the chicken farmer to the mega meat capmnoy, to all of us, deserve.

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We need to build a big tent that everyone can get under. From the chicken factory ______, to the mega meat company, to the animal rights activist. And these lessons, they can apply to many causes, whether it be with a problem with an ex, a neighbor or an in-law. Or with some of the biggest problems of exploitation and oppression, like factory farming, or misogyny or racism or climate change. The world's smallest and biggest problems, they won't be solved by _______ down our _______ but by _______ these win-win pathways together. It does require us to let go of that idea of us versus them and realize there's only one us, all of us, against an unjust system. And it is difficult, and messy, and _____________. But it is ________. And maybe the only way to build that compassionate food system that we all, from the chicken to the chicken farmer to the mega meat _______, to all of us, deserve.

Solution

  1. company
  2. critical
  3. beating
  4. enemies
  5. finding
  6. farmer
  7. uncomfortable

Original Text

We need to build a big tent that everyone can get under. From the chicken factory farmer, to the mega meat company, to the animal rights activist. And these lessons, they can apply to many causes, whether it be with a problem with an ex, a neighbor or an in-law. Or with some of the biggest problems of exploitation and oppression, like factory farming, or misogyny or racism or climate change. The world's smallest and biggest problems, they won't be solved by beating down our enemies but by finding these win-win pathways together. It does require us to let go of that idea of us versus them and realize there's only one us, all of us, against an unjust system. And it is difficult, and messy, and uncomfortable. But it is critical. And maybe the only way to build that compassionate food system that we all, from the chicken to the chicken farmer to the mega meat company, to all of us, deserve.

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Important Words

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  43. unjust