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"Now let’s hope we see some real change. I have my doubts real change is possible but you have to start somewhere."

Well, kudos to you I guess, for having any hope at all. Mine is long lost. Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter. Real change is a fallacy.

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Some major changes of recent eras which you may have missed:

- Obamacare

- ADA

- Prohibition of abortion (and alcohol prohibition, to go old school)

- War in Iran

- PATRIOT Act

- ICE off the leash

- Ukraine policy

- The EPA

None of these were inevitable; all were a consequence of the particular politicians voted into office.

A few more. Loss of reproductive rights. Legalization of stopping people purely for their race. Attack after attack on minories' ability to vote

I’m just naive. We’re more alike than not, but hope is a powerful drug if you can get even a little bit of access to it (which is very difficult when living a normal, day-to-day life imo).

I'm with you—I have a hope. But my hope springs from a situation having to get really bad before society wakes up and demands change.

I suppose yesterday shows that the U.S. may have finally sunk low enough. But honestly, I'm not sure. I think there is a larger reckoning still around the corner…

Unless the Wealth Pump is stopped, and Asabiyyah (Social Cohesion) is returned, nothing actually will change.

And neither of the two political parties, have been able, or even truly willing, to to fix both. The European Welfare State isn't sustainable, but at least use Georgism to tax land (for healthcare and education), and maybe create a few Co-Ops/New Deals to let the common people work for a livable wage (Distributism is neither Socialism nor Communism).

Learned helplessness.

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