Day 11-Patrick Stewart Tribute

On October 28, 2026, Patrick Stewart died at the age of 86. He had a brief battle with both Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

He was a noble soul, and I wanted to pay tribute to him with this wonderful quote of his above.

I’m gonna be honest with you. I loved that he was unashamed about being a socialist. This makes me give him even more respect. Like in this clip of him on Jimmy Kimmel (with Pete Buttigieg as the guest host):

I bet he loved playing the role of Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek… especially in scenes like the ones below where he spoke about a communist future:

This is the future/vision I hope for NOW (not three hundred years in the future).

A “future” where people are not trapped in an artificial jungle (of capitalism) plagued by the philosophy of egoism… where there is vast material abundance but deep poverty, violence, and an obsession with accumulation/consumption of “MORE” (at the cost of life).

Instead, I yearn for a “future” where people work together, respect life everywhere, and are free to develop their humanity because each person’s material needs are taken care of.

A “future” where the division of body and mind/soul dissolves socially.

Maybe one ray of sunlight with all this chaos in the world today is the possibility that this vision could be made into reality NOW (and not later)… as more of us appear to be waking up from the delusion of the ubiquitous capitalistic propaganda.

This is my hope at least.

In any event, I offer a heartfelt tribute to Patrick Stewart, and his fearlessness in standing up for those who are most vulnerable. He’s a true inspiration to me.