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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

What Will Change?

How do we reconcile these two pieces? 

Black Americans Think Protests Will Bring Change


Nothing meaningful will get done with Trump in the White House and McConnell as Senate Majority Leader. Not at the national level. Certain states and municipalities will make some reforms, but the broader national scene won't budge with Republicans in control. 

What will happen to the energy of the protests? Under Murc's Law, the Democrats will be blamed for Republican intransigence. What happens if Democrats win the White House and Senate, but can't kill the filibuster. Or they do, but now Joe Manchin is the vote needed to pass any meaningful reform?

I do believe things will get better, but I don't think they will get better enough.

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