It's been like a week and I already hate Extinction Rebellion
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I am particularly entertained to see the movement adopt a decision-making method that destroyed my country (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto …)pic.twitter.com/6RsRsY19nV
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I guess the upshot is, read Zeynep's book on this stuff. It's a how-to manual for networked protest masquerading as an academic work, and a critique of how decentralized movements often fail. There's a free Creative Commons copy linked at bottom!https://www.twitterandteargas.org/
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Couldn't their name function as a stimulant for people to take greater responsibility; the specific values/policies being less important than encouraging civic engagement, so long as they're broadly within the realm of environmentalism?
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I realize I should read more theory/that link though, thanks. I could see how such structures could lead to ineffectiveness, co-opting, or other informal, non-compliant hierarchies being established.
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