There are increasing numbers of protests in cities across the United States, triggered by the Trump Administration’s deportation pronouncement, policies,
Obama’s old speechwriting director just interviewed the researcher who uncovered this phenomenon. Pretty fascinating conversation about what successful authoritarian resistance movements have in common.
She didn’t “uncover” this phenomenon. Mark Penn was the Clinton’s pollster, and he published his book Microtrends in 2007. Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point was published in 2000. The concept of the “Tipping Point” has been known and studied for a long time.
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Obama’s old speechwriting director just interviewed the researcher who uncovered this phenomenon. Pretty fascinating conversation about what successful authoritarian resistance movements have in common.
https://youtu.be/x4syl-hZ9_I
She didn’t “uncover” this phenomenon. Mark Penn was the Clinton’s pollster, and he published his book Microtrends in 2007. Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point was published in 2000. The concept of the “Tipping Point” has been known and studied for a long time. .
What was new was the quantification of participation.
I believe both Penn and Gladwell used the 3.5% quantity for a Tipping Point.