Measure in generations, not elections
Alas, a Blog: Ampersand: ‘It is only by changing the country that we will win elections.’ [→ READ ]
Allen catches Ampersand’s striking 11/3 observation about the election’s outcome:
The big mistake the Democrats, and most of the left, made was to believe that by winning elections we will change the country.
Just the opposite is true. It is only by changing the country that we will win elections.
In two lines this catches the heart of it. I’m savoring a struck-dumb moment.