How did it feel to be helpless? If you can remember how it was like to be helpless in the face of a force so powerful, it can wipe out half the planet, then you would know you're about to have the same impact. This isn't about easy decisions, Senator.
Y-You just don't understand...
I'm a black man carrying the Stars and Stripes! What don't I understand? Every time I pick this [the shield] up, I know there are millions of people out there that are going to hate me for it. Even now, here, I feel it. The stares, the judgment. And there's nothing I can do to change it. Yet I'm still here. No Super Serum, no blonde hair or blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can do better. We can't demand people step up, and we don't meet them halfway. You control the banks! Shit, you can move borders! You can knock down a forest with an e-mail. You can feed a million people with a phone call. But the question is, who is in the room with you when you're making those decisions? Is it the people you're gonna impact? Or is it just more people like you? I mean, this girl died trying to stop you, and no one has stopped for one second to ask why. You gotta do better, Senator! You gotta step up! Because if you don't, the next Karli will! And you don't wanna see 2.0. People believed in her cause so much that they helped her defy the strongest governments in the world. Why do you think that is?! Look, you people have as much power as an insane god or a misguided teenager. The question you have to ask yourself is, "How are you gonna use it?"
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