“The political world was anathema; its activists both retro and progressive, seemed wrongheaded and dreamy. The revolutionaries, armed or peaceful, had no notion of what should happen after they “won.” Who would rule? The “people”? Please. What did that mean? The best outcome would be to introduce a new idea into the poplation that a politician would act on. The rest was theater seeking an audience.”
— Toni Morrison, “God Help The Child” (2015)