2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Millenials will put their support behind a candidate they believe in [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)and the setbacks will be many. And I completely understand how you feel, BUT, the only way to win over the oligarchs is to keep coming at them and keep coming at them in a thousands different ways. As discouraging as it is, you HAVE to stay in there. Staying home and not voting only works for the interest of the 1%. It's hard, arduous work. I know, I've been at it since Moses. But it CAN work. Look at gay marriage. Ten years ago the stupid Democrats were STILL running from this issue but look where we are. A conservative kangaroo supreme court upheld marriage equality. In 2008, we elected our first African-American president. I didn't think that would happen in my lifetime. ALL of those things took decades to accomplish and had many MANY setback. But you have to hang in there. You have to keep fighting because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate and when you're old and grey you can tell your grandchildren that you were on the front lines fighting for a better world for them.
Here's my favorite Harriett Tubman quote:
If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.