"A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect" - W.E.B. Du Bois.

[AverageJoe90]

13. "That more in line with what you want to hear?" No.

But we can't afford a defeatist attitude right now. We just can't, and that DuBois quote, though I respect the man, reflects that, I'm sad to say, in this context.

And maybe I sounded a little harsh, but frankly, I've had enough of the Left fucking up and dropping the ball on opprotunities we could be exploiting, and it ain't just the Democratic Party, either. The activist left has failed plenty of times, too. We spend so much fucking time having to debate on stuff like whether or not all white people are culpable for racism in this country, or whether or not rape culture exists, etc.....that we've often lost sight of the big picture. And I can tell you, it's actually quite bit worse now, than in 2010.

The infighting hasn't helped, giving the extremists a say hasn't helped.....so what else can I say? We need to rethink our priorities, and quickly. 2016 is only a couple of years away, and if we lose that.....