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[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 3 points 10 months ago

"Possible" and "likely" are quite different concepts. I am in New England. If this would be likely anywhere, it would be here. But that doesn't matter, because there are plenty of other regions who will fight to the death against such changes. Please, do describe a path forward. I do not see one in my lifetime. We are talking about the national stage, not a homeowner's association somewhere.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

100 years ago we could've had this exact conversation about Segregation and Jim Crow.

[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wouldn't you know, there are still hard feelings in parts of the US about what happened, and the fight is still fought. And Jim Crow and segregation weren't protectors of large amounts of wealth and power, just social structures and power in urban enclaves. You're going to face a hell of a lot more resistance with what you propose. This would be more akin to the end of slavery than the end of Jim Crow, and that took a civil war.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Well then use that as your reference.

Either way, I'm not giving up.

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