Letters to the Editor
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Ché Pasa
There is a cohort of so-called Lefty bloggers and posters who make a cottage industry of counseling "patience" and denouncing those who they claim demand "instant gratification" and want everything to change for the better NOW, instantly, or they will have a hissy fit.
My read of the pertinent posts on this thread has been not that "nothing can be done about it," but that the things that can be done about it are pretty much being done, and that, yes, it takes time for the results of those things to pay off. Previous posts contain discussions of alternative strategies and tactics, ranging from "converting" to one of the other parties (Green, Libertarian, whatever) to armed rebellion(!). (Perhaps an act of self-immolation in front of the White House would engage the US populace and stimulate massive response? Just now, I doubt it.) Do you reasonably see how any of those things can achieve anything without years of additional time? The events of 1776 were preceded by years of deliberation, debate, preparation, and mobilization. I am open to reading - and acting upon - any alternative you suggest.
What do you suppose this struggle is really about?
Please, what is your answer to this?
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What, specifically, do we do to achieve "instant" results?
Gordon Ginsberg