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One of the many "truisms" is this, from our Declaration of Independence: "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed." (my emphasis)
Which brings some perspective to that Claire Wolf quote, "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." that 44 AMP used. The rest of the quote is also instructive of her mindset for the first part, "On the road to tyranny, we've gone so far that polite political action is about as useless as a miniskirt in a convent." 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution (1996)
While I somewhat agree with her first part, I wholly disagree with the second.
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