The real-time validation one receives from social media means protest is never truly undertaken in isolation: it's a communal endeavor.
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Replying to @mtracey
Also interesting is that management seems far more tolerant of divisive political expression than you would've expected in the recent past.
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Replying to @mtracey
I think you have to read that as a consequence of the movements. they aren't "tolerant" by choice.
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the management incentives have shifted as a result of successful organizing. disciplining players may not be the wise choice.
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That, but I think they perceive a business incentive in allowing for expression. Generates interest, appeals to certain demos.
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Replying to @mtracey
of course. i'm saying the same thing. but the reason the business incentive exists is bc BLM organizing has been effective.
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Replying to @SamAdlerBell @mtracey
that's how organizing works. it doesn't change the hearts of the powerful. it creates incentive structures that force their hands.
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Yes, but I'm not sure how much "organizing" per se is responsible for this: how much organizing have the NFL protesters done?
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I think the far more operative development is technological change: there's always been organizers chugging along.
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hard to say. BLM has benefited enormously from technology, but tech doesn't explain the mvmt nor account for everything its done
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But it's what propelled it into mainstream consciousness. Same with Occupy.
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