But it just emboldened them to demand more.
It's like the guy who is polite to the person behind him exiting the building. He holds the door open. But there's such a rush of people that it becomes his job. He's the door holder.
That's the American white male. He's accepted his position as door holder and door mat and every freeloader in the country expects it.
The 19th amendment was the final nail in the coffin.