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In reply to the discussion: "But we couldn't *possibly* have gotten single payer!" [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)as usual.
My point is sitting around and complaining about the absence of single payer years after the fact serves only to depress Democratic votes and activism. Congress doesn't bestow gifts on to the American people. Change occurs only because people force politicians to accept it. People like to complain but accept no responsibility for helping to bring about change themselves. Of course they are entitled to do so, but they should not be surprised at the results. Sitting around waiting for congress to do what people think should be their job is an exercise in futility. Change comes from below, from politicians being forced to implement policies. That's how it happened in the New Deal, in the 1960s, and it's the only way it will happen in the future.
As for activism, I helped found the gun control activism group. I've posted a number of threads encouraging people to contact their representatives about getting an expanded federal background check bill passed. Yesterday I also posted something on ten steps to end rape culture. Now you may not find lessening gun violence or rape something worthy of attention, but I do. You have made clear repeatedly that you see my concerns for human equality as objectionable. That, along with the fact you seem to care about cultivating personal animus more than anything of substance, is one of the reasons I long ago quit caring even a little bit what you think.