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I understand you are taking offense at "again". I've had a hard time grappling with the past. It's dark. The history that brought us to this point violates ever
by r3trohack3r 6y ago
I understand you are taking offense at "again". I've had a hard time grappling with the past. It's dark. The history that brought us to this point violates every aspect of the values I hold as "critical path" for the future of humans.
America's past is dark. But we have a legal system and founding documents that allow for peaceful revolutions through civilian oversight.
The past is dark. The future doesn't have to be.
- pmiller2 6y agoI'm with you on this. I wasn't taking offense at the word "again," simply stating that trying to claim American democracy was ever "great" was historical revisionism. It didn't become "great" when black people got the vote, either. People in power tried their damnedest to keep them disenfranchised. It didn't become "great" when women got the vote. We've still gone on to commit mass atrocities, some of which took place on our own soil (internment of the Japanese, for instance). It wasn't suddenly "great" after landmark civil rights legislation and Johnson's Great Society programs passed. We still shot peaceful protesters at Kent State, and began a hopeless War on Drugs. And, it's not great now. Public support has essentially zero impact on whether any law or regulation is enacted: https://act.represent.us/sign/the-problem https://act.represent.us/sign/the-problem That's what I was getting at.
- r3trohack3r 6y ago<3