(Thornberry: Labour politician). Opposition inability/incompetence in challenge is a unifying thread, from US to Turkey to UK to elsewhere.https://twitter.com/janemerrick23/status/854458212577411072 …
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A crisis of transition: 20th century institutions/elites are failing, disrupted or unable to keep up. No stable, functioning new ones.
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Need a significant amount of energy to be directed to building the new institutions and/or effective opposition. Otherwise, stuck in loop.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
People take this as sign of big success. It's tiny. A rounding error to holding US presidency + all levers of power. https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/854519911883919360 …
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I don't say this to be a downer.. But the US presidency AND congress AND almost all state legislatures is huge. Milo is practically nothing.
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Without realistic assessment & long-term strategy for taking and/or exerting real pressure on power, the wave will crash to disillusionment.
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I understand and share the desire to celebrate all victories, but this can blind movements to the size of the challenge. Seen it repeatedly.
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Optimism can and should come from the ability to be realistic; to have long-term strategies and to start building them, step by step.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jess Bravin
This is real. Milo et al. is a bad joke—a stunt for making money. Building political power is a slog, but it's real.https://twitter.com/jessbravin/status/855223217904078848 …
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