DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoHow do you build and cultivate revolutionary optimism, given what's happening in the US?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareHow do you build and cultivate revolutionary optimism, given what's happening in the US?DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-21 day agoBefore 1865, slavery was legal, then it wasn’t anymore (well… except for the prison cave out) Before 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, children of Chinese immigrants were presumed to be not eligible for Birthright Citizenship. Before 1965, segregation was legal, voter disenfranchisement of non-whites were rampant, then it changed. Interracial marriage used to be illegal. Gay marriage used to be illegal. Now they are legalized. Sometimes, progress is momentarily undone due to backlash from conservatives/regressives, but eventually, we will move forward. Despair is billionarire propaganda to make people feel powerless, so that it become a self-fullfilling prophecy. Their numbers are only like 100 rich dudes, we the people are many. Together we can win.
Before 1865, slavery was legal, then it wasn’t anymore (well… except for the prison cave out)
Before 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, children of Chinese immigrants were presumed to be not eligible for Birthright Citizenship.
Before 1965, segregation was legal, voter disenfranchisement of non-whites were rampant, then it changed.
Interracial marriage used to be illegal.
Gay marriage used to be illegal.
Now they are legalized.
Sometimes, progress is momentarily undone due to backlash from conservatives/regressives, but eventually, we will move forward.
Despair is billionarire propaganda to make people feel powerless, so that it become a self-fullfilling prophecy.
Their numbers are only like 100 rich dudes, we the people are many.
Together we can win.