Re:It Takes More Than Mass Protests to Drive Change
by locopati on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:17AM
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> But did it result in real change? Unfortunately, no.
The rise of a progressive wing of the Democratic party is certainly due to OWS bringing income inequality into the awareness of generally apolitical people. Democrats elected legislators from under-represented groups in 2018 than ever. In time, that will change the discourse. Even the rise of right-wing populism reflects some of the same discontent (though that energy is channeled differently and is building on decades of propaganda).
The rise of a progressive wing of the Democratic party is certainly due to OWS bringing income inequality into the awareness of generally apolitical people. Democrats elected legislators from under-represented groups in 2018 than ever. In time, that will change the discourse. Even the rise of right-wing populism reflects some of the same discontent (though that energy is channeled differently and is building on decades of propaganda).