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Make personal contact via guest talks, social events, or canvassing. Most people find personal relationships and communities more rewarding than abstract ideology. Personal relationships—strong ties—that bind groups together. As A.G. Schwarz argues, “we have emotional ties. I won’t minimize the importance of theory, but I will put it in its place: most people do not risk their lives in struggle on the basis of theory but on the basis of empathy, love, courage, and rage.” Even getting people to sign petitions can be part of this. The strength of a petition has never been an ability to persuade those in power; petitions have been useful historically because they are a small first step and because they allow organizers to make personal, social contact with sympathizers. (Which online petitions fail to do.)
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Make personal contact via guest talks, social events, or canvassing. Most people find personal relationships and communities more rewarding than abstract ideology. Personal relationships—strong ties—that bind groups together. As A.G. Schwarz argues, “we have emotional ties. I won’t minimize the importance of theory, but I will put it in its place: most people do not risk their lives in struggle on the basis of theory but on the basis of empathy, love, courage, and rage.” Even getting people to sign petitions can be part of this. The strength of a petition has never been an ability to persuade those in power; petitions have been useful historically because they are a small first step and because they allow organizers to make personal, social contact with sympathizers. (Which online petitions fail to do.)
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