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Office, I didn't take anything. I simply showed the man my revolver and he helpfully opened his wallet and gave me everything inside
Yes, this is essentially the sense in which I mean "give." You got it. This is unironically why the OP image is ragebait -- "give" is literally what happened. I don't know of anyone who would deny the suffragettes and their agitation are the reason women were given the right to vote.
Again: the agitation of the suffragettes might be the reason that men voted for 19A, but without men voting to introduce and ratify 19A, no amount of agitation would have been sufficient. Outright terrorism wouldn't have worked, without men choosing to vote for 19A. The only other way women would have gotten the right to vote was by using sufficient levels of violence to overthrow the state governments.
That's the fundamental reason that minority groups--non-white people, LGBTQ+ people, etc.--NEED allies. Unless the majority is willing to vote to give full rights to minorities, unless there's a sea-change in public opinion, you simply don't see minorities being given rights equal to the majority.
You clearly do not understand how power works.
Allies are great. You don't them for voting. If all someone's willing to do is vote, they are not an ally.
You need to make the powerful suffer. That is the only way to step outside the margins.
Well this is "ally" in the liberal, within-the-system sense of the word. That's still what most people would see as an ally.
Most people who arent marginalized and dont need anything, yeah. Totally.
fully agree