Related: the conflicts we are engaged with right now have been at the heart of American life for our entire history, and the push-and-pull has been constant. We will not be permanently defeated *unless we surrender.*
saying this is NOT the same thing as saying that the situation is no big deal and everything will be fine - but the truth is, when things look really bad, ceding defeat before you've actually been *defeated* is a completely useless strategy.
yup
it took them almost 50 years since Roe, 60 since Goldwater’s candidacy, 90 since the New Deal, and 120 since the Progressive Era to turn the clock back to the 1890s
