Do you see the Ukrainians sitting around fretting about how "dangerous" Putin is? No! They're painting him as weak and vulnerable. Accordingly, persuadable nations agreed to get on board with trying to take Putin down.
Liberal activists in America need to learn this strategy.
Liberal activists in America need to learn this strategy.
Fortunately in America we don't have to dodge bombs and convince other nations to work with us. All we have to do is use our voices to convince persuadable voters to side with us. But we do that with the exact same mindset the Ukrainians are taking toward Putin.
The people in the middle, the people who don't have a side, the people who sit back and wait for a cause they like to come along, love siding with a clear winner.
Ukraine has won over the world by making everyone see that it should win, and that it CAN win.
Ukraine has won over the world by making everyone see that it should win, and that it CAN win.
Contrast this with the approach of most liberal activists, whose message to persuadable voters is along the lines of "our side is ineffective, we're gonna lose, democracy is over, and we're all dead anyway, so vote for us!"
When put in those terms, do you see now how laughably ineffective that kind of messaging is when it comes to trying to win over voters? It only COSTS us votes. Almost no one wants to get behind the team they're being told is going to lose anyway.
Some of you are saying "Yep, Biden and the Democrats should be more like Zelensky!"
WRONG.
Biden an the Democrats are pretty good at messaging. You just don't pay attention to it.
The problem is YOU, the people reading this. YOU'RE the ones pushing harmful defeatist messaging.
WRONG.
Biden an the Democrats are pretty good at messaging. You just don't pay attention to it.
The problem is YOU, the people reading this. YOU'RE the ones pushing harmful defeatist messaging.
Those of you reading this should be more like Zelensky.
Stop feeling sorry for yourselves. Stop fretting. Stop pretending that cowering is "vigilance."
Decide you're going to win, then put in the work required to win. You may still not win, but it's the only way you CAN win.
Stop feeling sorry for yourselves. Stop fretting. Stop pretending that cowering is "vigilance."
Decide you're going to win, then put in the work required to win. You may still not win, but it's the only way you CAN win.
Ukraine won over the world by convincing persuadable nations that it could win and Putin could be defeated.
American liberal activists win elections by convincing persuadable voters that the Democrats can win, and the Republicans can be defeated.
American liberal activists win elections by convincing persuadable voters that the Democrats can win, and the Republicans can be defeated.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
