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I also suspect there’s 2 different kinds of leaders: those who perform the control/keep-it-peaceful plausible deniability gestures and thise who lead the precipitation of violence and catalyze the unraveling.
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It’s clear what range of motives might drive black protesters, but the white ones are a question mark to me. Some are sincerely trying to be allies I’m sure, but several present in ways that suggest they’re out for excitement/adventure and the cause is just convenient.
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contemporary leaders of protests is a misnomer since Occupy Wall Street and movements such as BLM are broadly spread through sentiment and collect around those. as well u could research how many leaders have been *ASSASSINATED. it's part of y u don't have the mental model.
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You need to look outside US. 2019 was a year of protests/direction action in France, Lebanon, Sudan, Chile, Hong Kong etc ... It is global, growing and now accelerating during the pandemic as corrupt rotten systems get exposed.
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I would argue the greatest innovation in modern day protests is a lack of clear leadership (decentralized protests). I’d argue this started with Project Chanology which was the first successful Scientology protest and moved to Occupy Wall Street before landing in the Arab Spring
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