As much as half the country didn't want Jim Crow and segregation ended, but it was anyway.
Many people don't want gay marriage, but we have that anyway. Many people don't want marijuana legalized, but we have that anyway.
In the end, what does it boil down to?
It was the right thing to do. It got done regardless the opinions of those opposed because it was the right thing to do.
Did it take the 99% to accomplish it? Of course not, much of the 99% was opposed. So there wasn't solidarity amongst the 99%, but there was solidarity amongst those who were fighting for what was right.
How many does it take? Who knows, but it was a minority of people in each case that got it done. Maybe a majority of the public approved of the change, but a minority of the people did the work to get it done.
American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once said:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Much of the public is either in favor of U.S. imperialism or pragmatically accepting for various reasons or they don't even know what the damn word means.
But ending U.S. imperialism and Empire is the right thing to do. So it's going to get done. It has to get done. And it's going to get done by a minority of the people, even a small group as Margaret Mead inferred.
It takes the people that will not compromise on the issue to get it done. That's how it works. There was no compromise for many on slavery, civil rights for blacks, gay marriage, and marijuana legalization. There can't be compromise or it won't get done.
We must end U.S. imperialism. It is crucial to this country and the world. There can be no compromise on that.
Hillary Clinton won't end it. Donald Trump won't end it. Bernie Sanders won't end it. Our political representatives WILL NOT END IT.
Only we can end it and all the killing.
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