If your theory of the summer 2020 protests doesn’t have a prominent role for the mass trauma that was the global pandemic + lockdowns, it is not a good theory. This is not a good theory. https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1379703255047958529 …
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Replying to @jonst0kes
A lot of academic work on social movements is by people without significant involvement and hence little understanding in how they *feel* and motivations of participants, so you get too many theories trying to explain why people do it despite the cost (like free-riding concerns).
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Replying to @zeynep @jonst0kes
It's a bit like trying to explain why so many people keep eating regular food instead of just slurping Soylent and saving time. :-D
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