Revolutionary politics requires active intervention in history rather than correct waiting.

Evidence

Although government, corporations, and the dominant media try to represent racism as an unfortunate aberration of the past that has been relegated to the graveyard of U.S. history, it continues to profoundly influence contemporary structures, attitudes, and behaviors. Nevertheless, anyone who would dare to call for the reintroduction of slavery, the organization of lynch mobs, or the reestablishment of legal segregation would be summarily dismissed. But it should be remembered that the ancestors of many of today’s most ardent liberals could not have imagined life without slavery, life without lynching, orlife without segregation. — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 57 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Successful insurrection requires lengthy ideological preparation beforehand; Institutions once deemed inevitable became unthinkable through political struggle — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 57; The 1954 revolution released a long-prepared tactic rather than awakening a passive people (+4 more)

Related

• Institutions once deemed inevitable became unthinkable through political struggle (similarity 0.86)
• Political movements must rewrite history before they can mobilize people around a new cause (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Successful insurrection requires lengthy ideological preparation beforehand #expands (0.80)
• The 1954 revolution released a long-prepared tactic rather than awakening a passive people #exemplifies (0.80)
• Institutions once deemed inevitable became unthinkable through political struggle #exemplifies (0.75) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 57
• Evidence-based advocacy fails when the political configuration is unready for it #expands (0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 9030