What is it you wanted me to reconcile myself to? I was born here almost 60 years ago, I’m not gonna live another 60 years. You always told me it takes time. It’s taken my father’s time, my mother’s time. My uncle’s time. My brother’s and my sister’s time. My nieces’ and my nephews’ time. How much time do you want? For your progress.
James Baldwin, 1989
I never said the whole world.
You might remember the chapter on the second Civil War? The one that’s never talked about?
You might remember a guy named FDR, who was wise enough to recognize that if he did not give the people a little socialism that they would ask for a lot, I believe is his quote.
The wealthy have spent the last 100 years clawing back everything we’ve gained, and we put up no resistance. People literally fought and died for the rights we have now, we deserve more than we have now, and they are not going to give it to us without another fight, or many more fights.
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Well I’m willing to be open minded if you have alternative suggestions. I’m just tired of watching everything get worse all the time
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Yeah, that approach has worked for me on a few formerly-ignorant coworkers
My concern is that the disconnect between the ruling class and the buffer class is so wide that, without reinspiring some mortal fear into the ruling class, they will remain unwilling to make any concessions.
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