Marianne WilliamsonVerified account

All these laws were compromises to an angry working class rising up organized in rebellion. They got passed because their bosses were afraid of revolution. Are our bosses afraid of us now? Are we organized? Where then will our power come from? Moral outrage? Voting ain't it.

Money in politics and voter suppression is how the will of the people is fundamentally obstructed at this point. But a massive wave of voter participation in spite of that is central to the transformation.

Could the same “pushing back” against “overreach” by “American socialism” be a “patriotic tradition” as well?

Actually, yes. We’re at our best when we protect a balance. Eisenhower said “the American mind at its best is both liberal and conservative.”