Reply #105: I don't think it requires a rewriting of the Constitution [View All]

[fishwax]

But it certainly requires a change in the political climate. Such changes can actually happen over a fairly short amount of time, and movements can move fairly quickly (historically speaking) from side-streams to main currents.

Incremental progress (as through elections at local, state, and federal levels) is certainly a good thing. It's not the only important thing, though, for several reasons. Most obviously, not everyone is interested in focusing on that and not everyone is good at the type(s) of work that requires. Focusing only on (to use a convenient though not perfect framework) pragmatic approaches doesn't make use of all the talent and energies that are available. Organization and education are essential, of course. Agitation for yet more progress is also a good thing. If that agitation involves organization, then it helps to create an infrastructure that can really pay dividends when opportunities arise to really move the center.