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Let the slavers die if they want to :) (lemmy.world)

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Even ten years would've resulted in less backsliding. Hell, even four more years would've been a godsend, considering that Grant's second term ended just as South Carolina experienced a literal white supremacist coup.

We needed more, much more, but we couldn't even get a sliver more.

Maintaining the enthusiasm of the mass of politically detached folk is miserable work, with marginal returns for success but massive damages from failure.