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We’ve had four generations now raised on stories of the heroes of the civil rights era. Four generations of people trying to emulate them. Four generations of c
by bradleyjg 4y ago
We’ve had four generations now raised on stories of the heroes of the civil rights era. Four generations of people trying to emulate them. Four generations of conspicuous failure to make any meaningful progress on any issue via protest and civil disobedience.
Maybe it’s because these kids aren’t MLK or maybe it’s because their cause isn’t dismantling Jim Crow.
Whatever the reason if they actually care about their issues and not just about getting high of public acts of self righteousness, it’s time to look at decades of failure and conclude that these tactics won’t work for them.
Maybe do the hard work of boosting under 30 voter turnout instead.