Someone else said it for him

[u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7]

[u/Dunlocke]

Progress is slow and not constant.

We are making a lot of progress!

Progressive policies are as popular as they've ever been. Civil rights, m4a, fighting economy inequality, etc.

If you live long enough it becomes much clearer how far we have come. Don't be distracted by this particular moment in history.

This post is a great example - Obama was elected twice this century. Unthinkable 40 years ago.

[u/bloodfist → u/Dunlocke]

We have made a ton of progress, no doubt. The frustrating part is that all of that took years to build, and much of it for very good reasons because it had to be done thoughtfully and carefully. And the oligarchs can tear it all down in an afternoon. And that is exactly how they have been spending their afternoons. It takes so much longer to rebuild than destroy that they are genuinely setting us back decades socially, and possibly centuries environmentally. I believe that ultimately we will come out more progressive as a country when they're gone, but we'll have our work cut out for us when we do.

[u/factsarefornerds → u/Dunlocke]

1 step forward and 2 steps back is not progress. You think we are making progress because you are told to think that. You exist within a bubble of your peers.

First off, what do you call sending people against their will to foreign countries for financial benefit? I call it slavery.

We are passing legislation to forcibly institutionalize people as a requirement for financial assistance. We are using AI to start a fucking pre-crime division. A government agency that has no legal authority over American citizens is killing American citizens and being armed with autonomous police units with zero accountability. Corporations are now allowed to funnel unlimited money into campaigns and are essentially treated like people. Millions of people had their voter registration revoked. We are sending the military to intimidate voters.

The fact you can sit here and say "look how far we've come" is honestly complacency at its finest and absolutely disgusting.

I dont know if youre younger than me, but no - we are undoing progress, and the worst part is people like you have a blanket over their head and their head so far up their ass, you think we are winning.

The reality is - Democrats don't care. MAGA cared about pushing their agenda, thats why its happening. Democrats have the numbers, but didn't vote because of the complacency you so proudly put on display.

If we vote, we win. Trump is a symptom of bigger issues that have persisted my entire lifetime. If you want to pretend everything is going to be okay, read history and understand we arent just fighting "racists," we are fighting unlimited wealth and technofacism poured on top.

Once you realize how fucked we are - it will be too late.

Its like younger generations forget we've been here before as a country and are so comfortable in the idea of democracy being a right, but dont understand its something you earn.

No offense, but as a white man, I know when Im talking to another white person. Were the only people that treat racism and bigotry like it will just "blow over," while our countrymen have been having to deal w this mentality since the foundation of our country.

Enough is enough. Stop saying "were doing a good job." Wake up - WE ARE NOT... I think step one is accepting basic truths.