Sceptical take on Extinction Rebellion's politics and economics. They believe that if they can recruit 2.2 million protestors, or 3.5% of the British population, the implementation of their goals will be irresistible.
uncancelled.co.uk/tie-world/the-…
uncancelled.co.uk/tie-world/the-…
The confidence comes from Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan’s study of non-violent movements. But Almost all cases examined in the study see a frustrated population toppling a tyrannical regime and implementing either a freer or more democratic political system.
Not one of the mass movements considered by the study, involved the defeat of a liberal Western democracy, and almost none were successful against democratic governments.
Piece by @ToubeDavid, I should have said
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