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TMC · 03-29-2025, 11:43 PM

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Posted on March 28, 2025 by Arleigh

No matter what side of the ideological aisle one stands on this speech should be watched, debated and studied not just for the powerhouse acting throughout the monologue but as to its content.

There’s opinions and discussion to be had about differing takes on the first half of the speech, but it’s the latter half when Will McAvoy (played with an equal amount of life-earned cynicism and hope by Jeff Daniels) explains why we as a country has lost its way and how we’ll never get back on track until we realize there is a problem and a problem to be solved not through hate and fear but through understanding and hope.

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“We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right! We fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and cultivated the world’s greatest artists and the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, and we acted like men. We aspired to intelligence; we didn’t belittle it; it didn’t make us feel inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn’t scare so easy.

And we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed. By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one—America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.”

I’m sure there’ll be those who will disagree vehemently about the scene’s message and content. Yet, no one seem to be able to find a strong argument as to why they disagree or debunk what was said in the monologue.

The decade since Newsroom aired it’s final episode we see more and more the truth in Will McAvoy’s words and it may take a decade or decades to right the ship.