Sociologist at the University of Hong Kong | @HKUsociology | #socialtheory #sociology #charisma #moralpanic #populism #MaxWeber and yes, #Trump
Jan 9, 2021 • 23 tweets • 6 min read
There has been renewed interest in the concept of "leaderless resistance" and the role it plays in fomenting attacks like what we saw on Wednesday at the #CapitolBuilding 1/
Properly understood, leaderless resistance is a strategy of opposition that was developed within the radical right to allow for and encourage individuals or small cells to engage in acts of political violence entirely independent of a direct command structure 2/