haha worlds definitely have collided Sabrina Tavernise used to write about Turkey, and I'd occasionally wake up to outrage about her latest.
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That said, shaking the support base is likely the important strategic question,—just not one best discussed through reverse finger-wagging.
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Why should I care what they think? Presidency, Senate, Congress, almost every state legislator & most governors. Of course one should care.
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Every coalition building requires uneasy choices. But not at the expense of vulnerable groups. That's not pandering, that's immoral.
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So, the question is what are moral policies & choices that also have the potentially to expand the coalition? There are many, in fact.
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But this is why Twitter and Facebook's design and lack of strategic, collective thinking ability are such an obstacle.
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The design and human temptation is to keep getting angry at immoral policies—which anger me, too. But also need focus on acceptable wedges.
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Movements recruit by polarization, but expand coalitions by grabbing wedge issues that unite their side, divide their opponents.
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Unfortunately the wedges may only materialize after the admin has had time to enact policies and their effects are felt
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Job of competent opposition is to mobilize such wedges. Alas, the biggest issue in many places is media & opposition incompetence.
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