Reply #86: You're stuck in the past. [View All]

[Radical Activist]

I sometimes argue with Greens and Marxists that convincing people the Democratic Party will never accomplish anything is more likely to make people give up and do nothing. Cynicism kills movements. You make me think I'm right about that.

Women have more rights today than they did 30 years ago. We didn't get cap-and-trade through the Senate yet but a great deal of progress is happening on climate change through the stimulus bill and at the state/local level. The modern peace movement ended the Iraq War faster than it ended Vietnam. The disability rights movement has made tremendous progress. I see public interest groups go up against special interest groups all the time and occasionally we win.