My question for you @marwilliamson is this: Can we achieve the ideal without confronting the American reality? 1. We have a Constitution written for white, male, property owners. 2. We have a #Democracy that has abdicated its power to unaccountable #CorporateGovernment.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
15 May 2020
Replying to @EclecticRadical @cubanthuglfe702 @CarlaRK3
The American ideal is that nobody gets to β€œtake over,” and that everyone has equal opportunity. Obviously we’ve never fully actualized that ideal but it’s the purpose of every generation to try to get there. Sometimes, like now, it’s 2 steps backwards. But we have to keep trying.
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1/ Can we achieve the ideal without confronting the American reality?>> No. We have a Constitution written for white, male, property owners.>> That's the irony. Most of them didn't embody the principles they bequeathed to us, but the principles remain enlightened nonetheless.

May 15, 2020 Β· 4:22 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @EclecticRadical
2 <<We have a #Democracy that has abdicated its power to unaccountable #CorporateGovernment.>> Other generations had to fight off slavery, institutionalized suppression of women, institutionalized white supremacy. We're not facing a bigger foe than they did; it's our turn now.
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1/ White supremacy is still institutionalized, suppression of women is still institutionalized, slavery is still legal. None of those things have been defeated, the struggle isn't over, and activists are being funneled into a Democratic Party that doesn't care about them.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @EclecticRadical
Chris, putting aside merits of the founders: is it wise to talk about the origins of the country positively as political strategy? Are people more likely to be comfortable with systemic change if they see if as a natural outgrowth of history rather than a break from it?
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People deserve the truth. The myths of the Founding are counter-revolutionary and anti-thetical to forward progress. Founding Father worship and stop whacking off over the founding documents is a dead end.. The system is corrupt because it is meant to be.
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