Bucking the System: A Chart from "The Great American Political Repair Manual" by Sam Smith

*Bucking the system* *A scorecard* From "Sam Smith's Great American Political RepairManual" WW Norton 1997 Copyright 1997 ORDER DIRECT FROM AMAZON.COM THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW
Periods	People win	System wins
*Late 18th century*	End of monarchy & nobility End of British colonial rule Creation of a constitutional democracy	Eradication of Indian peoples (continues through mid-20th century).
*Early 19th century*	End of property requirements for voting	Strengthening of the slave system
*Mid 19th century*	End of slavery Union organizing End of women being considered husband's legal property.	Harsh factory conditions Courts rule against first unions Police & troops used to break strikes
*Late 19th century*	Black progress during Reconstruction era Populist movement New ethnic groups gain urban power	Small-scale economic democracy largely replaced by the modern corporation. Rampant corruption of government by corporate interests and urban ethnic machines End of Reconstruction era, rise of segregation as a legal concept. Supreme Court gives corporations the rights of living persons. Court rulings reverse previous gains in desegregation.
*Early 20th century*	Women get the vote Large-scale labor organizing The New Deal & social welfare programs Anti-trust activity	Period of corporate excess
*Late 20th century*	Civil rights movement Women's movement Consumer movement Environmental movement The 18-year-old vote	Rise of the military-industrial complex Trickle-down economics Corporate and bank deregulation Declining real wages Flight of business abroad Paramilitary occupation of urban areas Rise of corporate health-care systems Massive corruption of politics and government Retreat from civil rights