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b_b  ·  3208 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Democracy is only for rich white guys

But this is only true of the past 30 years, America since Reagan. Before that we had affirmative action, voting rights act, civil rights act, title IX, etc. The interesting question, and the one we should be asking, is what has changed since then? Saying, "Why hasn’t democracy reduced inequality? Because it never had the chance." adds little to the conversation, and isn't true to boot. In post wwii plenty of positive things happened, so it is possible, we've just lost our way.