• fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yeah one person can do only limited (at least constructive) change. And that likely takes time, but also consider generational shift. I think it’s very likely the dems will slowly (depending on AOCs popularity, faster) shift more progressive. Let’s hope the democratic system isn’t entirely degraded till then, and Trump get’s less popular as well.

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        I think it’s very likely the dems will slowly (depending on AOCs popularity, faster) shift more progressive.

        “First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season.

        Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."

        • MLK jr