Of course it is.
I perfectly understand the responsibility of feeding, clothing, housing, and protecting myself. That's key. But the political system, whether you like it or not, plays a major role in shaping the environment where we’re trying to do that. It’s not about hoping for a benevolent white savior; it's about understanding what's at stake and being strategic in how we engage with policies that either help or hinder our progress. People who sit around telling others not to engage with the system, or shrug their shoulders in response to Trump or don't engage with it themselves, are useless. They're an obstacle to self-sufficiency. Throwing up a Black fist and talking like a revolutionary doesn't mean anything to me.
Further, don't talk down to me like I'm stupid. There is absolutely nothing you can lecture me on. I don’t expect any administration to magically fix things like the wealth gap or eliminate discrimination. What I do expect are policies that remove some of the obstacles in our way, and we get those by being engaged and not by sitting on our hands. There are things we can’t do on our own, especially when it comes to education policy, fair housing, protections against police brutality, workplace labor policy, environmental policy, and infrastructure policy. Those are issues we need to address within the system. The easiest road to self-sufficiency is the one with the fewest obstacles. And you don't get there holding such a myopic view of reality.
And I'm not your nikka, doofus.
