Hey, ever notice how people in power ~HATE~ collective activism: protests, unions, solidarity movements, etc.? And that they'd much rather you act individually and "politely"?
There's a reason. Collective action *works* and individual politeness DOES NOT.
It's not complicated.
@OrionKidder that's definitely not my intention, though in a very real sense terrorism is just the most extreme form of collective action designed to achieve political ends ("one mans terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" etc)
probably crossed my mind because i just finished reading "the looming tower" and have been contemplating the fact that bin laden quite possibly succeeded in toppling the united states within "tens of decades" of september 11th (his words, not mine)
@cryptadamist I get that. I've had moments like that: this reminds me of that. That said, it's not what my post was about, so maybe make a thread that's about what you're talking about?
I will also say this, calling terrorism "collective action" is, to put it mildly, rhetorically irresponsible considering that that's the kind of framing governments use as an excuse to arrest and brutalize protesters. This isn't an academic exercise, you know?
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