Failing to propose base reforms guarantees the harmful status quo continues.

Evidence

This is a large and politically challenging list of proposals. But proclaiming that things can never change is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not making such proposals, not developing alternatives to the existing base nation, is the surest way to guarantee the continuation of a status quo that has hurt us all. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1081

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Convincing arguments fail when reform lacks power behind it — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 375; Penal reform fails whenever it is detached from general social progress — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 969; Reform fails if it does not reach the people as a national educative force (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Convincing arguments fail when reform lacks power behind it — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 375; Penal reform fails whenever it is detached from general social progress — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 969; Reform fails if it does not reach the people as a national educative force (+5 more)