• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Every time America has changed for the best it’s required bloodshed. The Revolution, the Civil War, labor rights, women’s rights, civil rights, gay rights: All of them required people to be hurt and die before something changed.

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      1 month ago

      Too bad the bloodshed never includes the politicians who helped make it harder to change. Maybe that’s what needs to happen instead.

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      1 month ago

      I fucking hate that this is true.

      I fucking hate that after people have died and the weekend is won, or women can work, or slaves are free that the people who do steadfastly clung to the previous status quo now are suddenly enlightened and can see the advantages of those changes.

      Why are people like this?

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        1 month ago

        Still too optimistic. The people that clung to the previous status quo didn’t become enlightened. They stayed just as bigotet, but they died off over time.