What do we want? We want everything. We want a government “of, but and for the people.” We want a government that serves the well-being of its people before the short-term profits of huge multinational corporations. We want liberty and justice for all. We want our democracy back.
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you had me until "back" lmao this shit was never a democracy
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Replying to @jonjonmoorep @hoodqueer
We were never a perfect democracy, but there was a time when there was a social agreement that we should at least try. And that’s a very big thing. Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.

Jul 6, 2020 · 12:05 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
black people would like a word. one person's cynicism is another's demand for a politically operable world, not an insistently imperfect, thoroughly genocidal empire
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