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CiVL

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CiVL

@CiVLdotcom

The platform for the way out. Discover new ways to thrive. Films, shows, & discourse. Get CiVL on TV & Mobile.

Seattle, WA

Joined March 2024

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"My father was an alcoholic. He broke my mother's bones. He's the reason I've never drank any alcohol." "My mom tried to find ways to get me my first computer. Once I had my computer, school was a waste of time. I want to learn about computers. I want to learn about the future."
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Jun 12
"You start talking to them. Some things make the crowd really wake up and listen. So you start saying more of those things. You do that a thousand times to ever-increasing crowds, and the crowd really starts to go mad, and they basically tell you that you're the savior of the
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Jun 11
"The federal government is giving so much money to task forces to fight trafficking, which effectively means they just do prostitution stings. It creates really perverse incentives where we're actually encouraging the industry to go further underground." The War on Whores. Now
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Jun 10
"The law is the operating system of our democracy, and you have to pay to see it. That's not much of a democracy." "How can you call yourself a law man and think that there could possibly be anything wrong with making the law public?" The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron
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Jun 9
"In the 1920s, all he had to do is buy a used car and write the word taxi on it. And lo and behold, he was in business making money. Today it's entirely different." "A taxi medallion in New York City costs over $700,000. In 1937, one could buy one for $10." "The whole point of
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Jun 8
"The old guard are trying to hold on and penalize anyone who impedes their revenue streams. Crazy lawsuits against suburban housewives who had downloaded 20 songs, suing them for millions of dollars." "The record companies never gave a damn about the artists anyway." Kim
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Jun 8
"The civil rights struggle is over and won. That does not mean there aren't major problems. But it's not a racial problem. It's not a legacy of slavery." Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World. Now streaming on CiVL.
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Jun 6
Writer and director Nickolas Gilbert won the CiVL Award for Advancing Human Respect in Media at the 2025 Collaboration Film Challenge with La Petite Mortimer. He returns with The Harvest Beast, a creative short that explores the spirit of cooperation through a Wes
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Jun 6
"If you had magical powers, would you use them for good or to make you mountains of cash?" The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz. Now streaming on CiVL.
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Jun 5
"We often end up arresting s*x trafficking victims and then say, now that we've arrested you, we'll save you. It creates a situation where even victims who might be exploited are very fearful of talking to cops." The War on Whores. Now streaming on CiVL.
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Jun 4
"I was very frustrated with school. The teachers didn't know what they were talking about. The homework was a sham." "Once I questioned the school, I questioned the society that built the school. I questioned the businesses the schools were training people for. I questioned the
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Jun 3
"We had Mega Movies, a Netflix competitor. We had Megabox. It would give the artists 90% of their earnings. An online platform where they can sell directly to their fan base. How can we reinvent this whole copyright model and make it work for the artists and creators directly?"
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Jun 2
"Once he broke the color line, it was all over. The others would be at an enormous disadvantage if they didn't also get black players." "In the sports or the music industry where you see black excellence, you don't see any affirmative action. You don't see any lawsuits. What you
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