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db3d8de5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f Another perfect gem from you! 🙌🏻
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db3d8de5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 2 GOOD things that this framing unlocks: EMPATHY and AGENCY. 

Empathy to realize that there were people suffering even in the so-called “good times” that many long for (unless we study vastly different societies from our own). And that their suffering was not accidental or incidental but systemic & intentional. 

Agency to realize that there wasn’t a mythical golden age that was lost. Democratic society was always hard work & still is. It’s all up to us.
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StillIRise1963 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 We can CREATE the type of society we want if we STOP pretending we've EVER lived in a good one to...
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db3d8de5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f Another perfect gem from you! 🙌🏻