<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This video JUST says that <div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">the Democrats failed the people on climate change</li><li class="">the Republicans (or at least Gingrich) actually went back on their promises, </li><li class="">intensity and money can beat passive majority support</li><li class="">no PREVIOUS social movement has failed if it had "the active and sustained participation of 3.5% of the population</li></ul></div><div class=""><div>Obviously, getting 3.5% of the population supporting something is NOT sufficient. Imagine if the opposition has 3.4%.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>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.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>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.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-r</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 8, 2020, at 9:42 AM, aryt alasti <<a href="mailto:aryt.alasti@gmail.com" class="">aryt.alasti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">The Sunrise Movement has come to differing conclusions, and provides some references:<div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/rJiiMz0CC5U" class="">https://youtu.be/rJiiMz0CC5U</a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>