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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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all excellent examples of effortless platitudes that accomplish nothing, but foster a sense of purpose in the actor all the same :c
in a free society (one which respects individual liberties and private property) you can't change people, but you can change sections of the environment.
how terribly convenient! change for one is of no value, so let us continue painting the window until the night is no more.
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When someone says "X is hard" a lot of people hear "X is impossible, and/or Y is easier". But it doesn't matter if Y is easier, if it doesn't do anything. It may suck, but sometimes you have to do the hard thing to get what you want
Look at the history of social movements. Look at how apartheid South Africa lost the "apartheid" part. Look at how colonized people all over the globe threw out their imperial powers. Look at how minorities like the Irish, Scottish, and Irish became equal to "real Americans". Look at all the progress Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Native-Americans, etc. have made in the last 200 years.
None of that came from adoptions. You can't point me to a single marginalized people anywhere in history who lost their marginalized status by adopting or being adopted. It never happened.
What did happen is lots of "thought leaders" worked very hard, incredibly hard, to change the thoughts of people. Authors, actors, judges, cops, etc. all played a part in changing perceptions. It's 100% possible: the idea of "Irish rights" is pretty much laughable now, but that's only because of the incredible hard work their advocates did ... not because of adoptions.