I would say the Sunrise approach is quite different from anything done by Hillary Clinton's people - not actually "in-the-box."
https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1215409342989529088?s=09 Whether they will be successful remains to be seen. Aryt On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 4:20 PM Rand Strauss <[email protected]> wrote: > This video JUST says that > > - the Democrats failed the people on climate change > - the Republicans (or at least Gingrich) actually went back on their > promises, > - intensity and money can beat passive majority support > - no PREVIOUS social movement has failed if it had "the active and > sustained participation of 3.5% of the population > > Obviously, getting 3.5% of the population supporting something is NOT > sufficient. Imagine if the opposition has 3.4%. > > This is the situation we find ourselves in, now. Both side, in the US, > have their supporters, and can inflame large numbers of them using today’s > networked media. > > The Sunrise Movement is not naive, but their efforts are entirely > inside-the-box of our current political system where their opposition is > savvy and well-funded. Their belief in their numbers and the righteousness > of their cause isn’t much different from Hillary Clinton’s belief that > she’d win because she was the better candidate. > > -r > > > On Jan 8, 2020, at 9:42 AM, aryt alasti <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Sunrise Movement has come to differing conclusions, and provides some > references: > > https://youtu.be/rJiiMz0CC5U > > >
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