Reconstruction was a failure that didn’t go nearly far enough. All the same levers of power were left in place for someone else to use. After decades of planning, they’re in use again. The Supreme Court is a right wing extension of the fascist movement that holds control of the presidential and congressional branches and every Southern state’s legislature. They played the long game while Liberals were too busy protecting capital interests to recognize or care about what was obviously happening. And now we’re here. With enough time, things will swing back our way, but if the next equivalent to the Reconstruction fails to pull out the weeds from the root, our great grandchildren will be right back where we are another hundred years from now.