Non-reformist Reforms

One has to ask: where does all that anger and energy go? I keep reading about how the George Floyd Rebellion was this historical moment but is that all that gets generated anymore? Moments? Can nothing be sustained? It was obvious that "Abolish the Police" was a non-starter but given the rise in urban violence/ violent crime, even the innocuous "police reform" has not only vanished from the agenda, but has come back to mock and be used as a cudgel for the Law and Order Right. The other day I passed a highway stand selling Thin Blue Line flags, bumper-stickers and other right-wing paraphanalia. The booth was manned by a black man. The DSA went all-in for the PRO Act, hoping to build labor support for the Green New Deal and clean energy infrastructure. But after the Amazon union campaign was crushed, not a word about the legislation. It went to that place where hopes in the Democrats always go to die. Right next to Medicare for All and Bernie or Bust or Carbon Tax and Dividend. But even if these reform efforts were successful, wouldn't htey just demonstrate that liberal "democratic" capitalism is a flexible, moderate system, one that can be made kinder, gentler and greener with citizen participation? And therefor given more legitimacy?