• Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It worked when the Civil Rights protestors stuffed the jails and refused to leave, but the Fash adapted and built jails too big to stuff.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        It worked when the Civil Rights protestors stuffed the jails and refused to leave

        It did not work. What worked was the local communities functionally shutting down in protest over their incarcerated comrades.

        And we use the term "worked" extremely loosely. The Civil Rights Acts of the 60s were paper promises that got shredded before the decade was out. Much like the old Indian Treaties of the 18th and 19th centuries, these measures simply bought liberals time to reconsolidate their forces and reposition their artillery. Reagan walked into office atop a field of dead civil rights leaders.