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by bena 1678 days ago
I believe I've gotten downvoted here for voicing a similar thought.

Some things can't be "solved", you constantly have to do the work. Democracy, relationships, tolerance, etc and I guess freedom, but that's similar to democracy.

There's no end goal to them. You can lose them if you don't work at preserving them.

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agreed. "The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions."

its a fight against entropy, same as road repairs.

its not that I don't want big sweeping reforms, but I believe in gradient descent. all good progress is good progress. like the UK restricting conversion therapy. I want it gone, but this is still an improvement.