(contd) new roles that they are likely to fit are created 3. the prevalence of activists is frequently a function of the inability of youths to transition to adult roles in particular
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4. for counterrevolutionaries, superficially adapting existing roles to accommodate activists is often a winning strategy (and typically win-win)
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5. hunch is that the current spate of Activism is driven by trends in urban cost of living and job distribution, elite overproduction (they can't all fill elite roles not even close), and economic restructuring; and dissolution of old adult roles the ISSUES are secondary at best
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6. emergent gender and feminist/meninist issues in particular are maybe closely related to the inability of youths to transition to gendered adult roles maybe more thoughts later
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General advocacy must be resisted at all costs
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2. or to assume roles in an alternate power structure, generally non-democratic in actuality despite a name indicating democracy.
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Oops. Good analysis. Remembering the 1960's and discussions then. The idea of finding a place for them reminds me of your earlier work on whether to tolerate evil or save powder. Athenians ostracized the power hungry. Literally. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism pic.twitter.com/jizkBNuR7q
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Yeah its p hoffery innit

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