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And in that quote, Zinn explicitly mentions he doesn’t believe in “people’s ability to make it better”: I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-corre

And in that quote, Zinn explicitly mentions he doesn’t believe in “people’s ability to make it better”: I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy

jolux 6y ago
You're misreading him. He's talking about the ability of an ideology and a system to correct itself, not that of the people it rules to choose a different society for themselves.
- trentnix 6y ago
  He is saying a revolution is required because the people can’t change things. I’m not sure, short of outright nihilism, how one could be more pessimistic that that.
  - jolux 6y ago
    He's casting doubt that the problems can be solved through voting alone.
    - trentnix 6y ago
      Yes. That's pessimistic.
      - jolux 6y ago
        About voting, sure. Not about the country at large.