Slow, steady political pressure is emptying our jails of pot smokers. It is making baby steps towards universal health care, it is raising the minimum starvation wage. If we keep the pressure on we'll get closer to those goals. If we get cynical and apathetic and ease off the pressure we'll lose all we've gained.
There are armies of lobbyists working tirelessly to make us feel outnumbered, powerless and defeated. They don't mind if we make statements. They can deal with the politics of show, that's their game.
But even they can feel the hard undertow of slow, steady political pressure. And it terrifies them.
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