> The only helicopter incident I remember was in DC Residents of Minneapolis would beg to differ. > Right, this is what people were protesting. It's not going

> The only helicopter incident I remember was in DC Residents of Minneapolis would beg to differ. > Right, this is what people were protesting. It's not going to change overnight. They were brutalising protesters for protesting about police brutality. Never mind changing overnight, this behaviour just beggars belief, and shows just how ingrained the problem is. > You should turn on the news, because it's good! What I've seen is some kind of attempt at the bare minimum (i.e. banning choke holds, which I think were already banned, and ending qualified immunity) - and IIRC, not a single Republican voted in favour, which demonstrates how polarised things are. AFAIK, nothing has actually changed yet - I'd love for meaningful changes to actually come, and hope that they do. But police unions are very powerful, and police brutality is institutionalised, so it's hard to be optimistic. > just a reactionary fantasy to say nothing has changed. > I think the important question is: Why is it trendy on the Internet to claim democracy is so ineffective, when the reality is manifestly so much better? I deeply resent the insinuation that I'm somehow happy that nothing has changed, or/and that my stance isn't genuine; it's got nothing to do with being "trendy". Rather, you and I simply see things very differently.