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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (16736)	6/14/2001 4:26:48 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, as you have pointed out on a couple of occassions it wouldn't happen on its own. I am interested in exploring this, not as a revolutionary but because I am interested in the process. What are the problems with initiating a movement. We are not seeing it because it isn't there. How do people become catalyzed into action for a good cause? First they must have knowledge and then they must be convinced it is a good enough cause to act on. People like me are typically way to old and comfortable for this. For people to become knowledgeable they must be in a position to think. Seems easy, but as you may have witnessed even on this thread (which is supposed to provoke thought) some people have their minds made up on everything. People will think when they 1)Have time to think and 2) Have a reason to question the status quo. So, who are the candidates for you to recruit? I can think of two primary sources. One is College students and the other is prisons. A third would be the disenfranchised but that is not an easily identified group and even harder to organize. This third group comes on board when movement becomes visable. A forth group is the Youth, who are trying to define the future. They are the most powerful and ethical but the last to be convinced of anything. It is true that the movement against the Vietnam war and Nixon establishment began with a few spectacular incidences. The ones that recruited followers were the ones where serious and innocent protesters were martyrd. There were several highly publicized incidents where protesters where attacked by drunken rednecks. No body wanted to be on the side of drunken rednecks who did some of these things. Some of them were Vets who had been honored for their military service. So, at first there was some confusion and disorientation among the masses. The free thinkers started getting active, mostly on campuses and on it went. For a few years the idea of an American Revolution in the 1970s seemed very possible.