The political establishment didn't wake up one day and say, "Let's end slavery." Nope. It happened when the people stepped in.

Jul 8, 2019 · 2:35 AM UTC

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The political establishment didn't wake up one day and say, "Let's give women the right to vote." Nope. It happened when the people stepped in.
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The political establishment didn't wake up one day and say, "Let's end segregation" Nope. It happened when the people stepped in.
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The political establishment won't wake up one day and say, "Let end corporate corruption of our political system." Nope. It will happen when the people step in.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
There was not enough protest to end chattel slavery in the United States. The economic value of free human labor was too high to lend power to the masses. Lincoln had to unify Free Soilers with the abolitionists using the Emancipation Proclamation -- during wartime.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So you don't know your history either?
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Odd, I thought Lincoln had something to do with this.
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You do realize that what ended slavery was when “people stepped in” and fought a four-year civil war in which at least 650,000 people died, right?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Are you getting your history from Bernstein Bears? You left out the Civil War.
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Politics, being the creation of people, is always about the people stepping in. Your statements are fluff.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Remember learning about this guy? He was assassinated for HIS work in freeing the slaves. Oh yeah, he was #POTUS!
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It happened when the people elected Abe
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Why didn’t you attend @essencefest ??? Would’ve been a great opportunity for you to share your policies...
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Replying to @marwilliamson
There was this thing called the Civil War
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