Even ten years would’ve resulted in less backsliding. Hell, even four more years would’ve been a godsend, considering that Grant’s second term ended just as South Carolina experienced a literal white supremacist coup.
We needed more, much more, but we couldn’t even get a sliver more.
Maintaining the enthusiasm of the mass of politically detached folk is miserable work, with marginal returns for success but massive damages from failure.
Even ten years would’ve resulted in less backsliding. Hell, even four more years would’ve been a godsend, considering that Grant’s second term ended just as South Carolina experienced a literal white supremacist coup.
We needed more, much more, but we couldn’t even get a sliver more.
Maintaining the enthusiasm of the mass of politically detached folk is miserable work, with marginal returns for success but massive damages from failure.