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I’m reminded by a speech by Frederick Douglass [1] that >This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical,
by lysozyme 3y ago
I’m reminded by a speech by Frederick Douglass [1] that
>This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. (Emphasis mine)
1. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1857-frederick-douglass-if-there-no-struggle-there-no-progress/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1857-fred...
- devindotcom 3y agoDouglass was such a mind. I need to actually read through his various memoirs and essays/correspondence.
- GalenErso 3y ago[flagged]
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- aendruk 3y agoYou could start with the big red call to action in TFA.
- motohagiography 3y agoNo, you're just part of the third of people that one third can depend on to do nothing while they try to destroy the reamining third. Discouraging others is just a bonus.
- GalenErso 3y agoI'll admit I would rather this bill doesn't pass but don't care if it does to do anything about it.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> don't care if it does to do anything about it This is most people. Which, frankly, makes governing possible. I understand the civic detachment. (I don’t care about most fights enough to get involved.) What I suppose I don’t is still wanting to comment on it.
- notyourwork 3y agoOne day you and others may look back and wonder when everything changed for the worst.
- pjmorris 3y ago"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral." - Paulo Freire
- carimura 3y agoNobody asked you to fight. You have the luxury of not fighting and not struggling because so many before you fought and so many around you choose to fight now, as uncomfortable as that might be.
- jutrewag 3y agoMost people have a cause, especially now, either actively or passively.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoSo you've chosen capitulation. Your endurance of tyranny is 100%, is that correct?
- xg15 3y agoWe are Nihilists, Lebowski! Nothin! Ve believe in nothin!