Despair Doesn’t Make You More Progressive

Sophia Burns
3 min readSep 13, 2021
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I want progressive values to win. I believe they can.

I don’t think most progressive activists agree.

There’s a funny parallel between left-wing and right-wing activists: each of them has the same view not only of their own side, but of the other. They’re both convinced that their opponents are flexible, disciplined, unified, tactically-savvy, and able to…

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Sophia Burns

Paganism, Buddhism, Classics, philosophy, LGBTQ culture, and the art of living well. Former activist; I don’t trust culture war. http://patreon.com/sophiaburns