Thoughts about the “Whitelash” as Van Jones termed it, and what to expect next. We now must prepare to lose all the recent gains we've made on behalf of the more endangered constituencies in this country, some going back 50 years. Vulnerable groups will pay for the apathy and self-indulgence of a few. What you will find now is that, instead of a "revolution,” you will have more of the left trying to appeal to the white (often racists and straight) working class while ignoring people of color and other endangered constituencies. This is what losing does. Parties will always shift towards the winners’ constituencies and towards what made them win. The center will shift rightward. This is actually how Bill Clinton came to power. Democratss couldn't win the WH for 12 years and threw their lot in with the DLC centrists SO THEY COULD FINALLY WIN. This is how shifts occur the in US. The far left is now far more powerless than before this election. Bernie and Warren have less power than ever.
No immediately endangered Person of Color, LBGT, or other minority ever welcomed the twisted logic that it has to get worse before it gets better. There aren't “revolutions” in America only the slow slog against the racism, sexism that this country was built upon. It might make you feel more important because you’ll hit the streets in some demonstrations but they will be ignored and marginalized by an increasingly and passive media. Demonstrations are more a symptom of change/resistance rather than a cause of change in these United State of America.
"The perfect being the enemy of the good" is mostly a bit of ridiculousness of the alt-left. Right wingers are much too practical to fall for it.
(Rs came home in this case to an “imperfect” Trump.) It is oft said that politics is the “art of the possible” at any given time. Times change and we can look back
and appreciate that more is possible now than before, but you can't be dogmatic about it or rush it. Progress happens slowly in America. It’s built in structurally that way on purpose.
If you’re white and a male Democrat, trust that people of color, women are the ones to lead us all out of this. They pay dearly for what they wake up in and have the deepest of credibility. LGBT people also will guide and lead us. As a white male, lay down your ego, listen to them and support them. Demographics are a LARGE hat we can hang future success on if we embrace people of color, women and let them ascend. - H
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