There are plenty of people who clamor for change, but despite all their hue and cry, we do so find that change is not only slow in coming but that to a large extent, those agitating the most for change, somehow end up becoming compromised by the dominant culture of the day or subsumed by such or just ignored. Indeed, the bottom line is clear that for change to happen, the dominant culture must either itself be replaced or modified, and if this does not occur, the changes desired will likely be few and far between.
So then, those who are on the margins of society need to recognize that what keeps them marginalized more than anything, is the fact that because they are not part of the dominant culture, they are effectively without a voice, and because they have no voice, the changes that they so richly desire are not going to materialize. This thus signifies that to make progress in society for the members of such, it has to first be recognized that having a justified cause and believing in that cause is only going to get a collective voice so far, because what has to occur is that to make progress one needs to have a true seat at the table of that which faces off against the effective leaders of society, especially including those that are the power behind the throne.
The fact that in society after society, we see that it is consistently a minority that rules over the majority, seems perplexing, especially in those nations that are democratic in nature, with an equal vote for all. It doesn’t seem to make sense, that despite democracy, necessary change for the good of that society seems to move at a glacier pace, even when judicial decisions and legislation have been passed, that should bring change, but still, that change does not come, which reflects that those that are the dominant players in society, are expertly adept at navigating and accomplishing what they need to do, so as to maintain their control over the population to their benefit.
It has been said that “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come,” but that sentiment is contradicted by the fact that there are plenty of really good ideas that are most definitely timely, but their time never seems to come, because those that are the dominant culture do their level best to counteract these ideas, or dilute them, or delay them. This means that those who desire change have got to be more targeted in their approach in which they have to be relentless in dealing with the dominant culture, by utilizing all of their various means, so as to exert pressure on those who are the dominant players in order then to have any hope of accomplishing necessary change. Indeed, those who have power are the very same who are absolutely reluctant to give up any of it, which is why until that power is compromised or negated or negotiated with, change comes very slowly, and the only way to speed up that process is to successfully undermine or overcome that dominant culture.