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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Woa. Read a book. Do you think American history just started with us? That these same struggles have not been happening for over 200 years? That no one ever sacrificed for the effort to try to get it right?
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Marianne, what is an acceptable number of sacrifices to make before we just drop the pretenses? Just asking for a friend*
*every marginalized person forced to live within the US
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What do you think the Civil War was? Or the Women’s Suffragette movement was? Or the civil rights movement was? Or the labor movement? Or child labor laws? Or the marriage equality movement was? Do you think all this stuff just started with us? Or that others made no strides??
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I’m not saying for a moment that it started with “us” because there is no “us.” You and I are not the same. And these movements that your spouting off...do you think they were effective simply because the oppressors had a change of heart?
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Look up the legacies of these movements. BLM protestors being systematically murdered; the sheer force of union and organizing busting; the parasitic nature of labor. Concessions are not enough for us but what exactly do you know about that? Incremental progress ensures more dead
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I know about the legacies of those movements. But look at their successes. Was there terrible resistance to them all, even murder of those involved? Yes. I’m not naïve. But it’s our turn to be as courageous as they were; to minimize their successes is disingenuous & disrespectful
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Now you’re not even having a serious conversation. I’m not asking for patience. We need fundamental change and I’ve made that clear. I never argued for incrementalism, nor for naïveté in the face of those who would oppress.
Jul 6, 2020 · 12:55 AM UTC
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