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What would you like to change about Lemmy culture? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I doubt The Black Panthers knew school lunches and child care were going to be the traction they needed when they started theirs.

Incorrect, the Black Panther Party was Marxist-Leninist and was attempting to build up a vanguard party, and a part of that theory is building up dual power and parallel structures to fold the public in and garner support.