Martin Gurri writes, No less a figure than Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, waved the white flag. “You don’t need to protest,” he said. “You won. You won. You accomplished your goal.” Then, plainly baffled, Cuomo added, “What do … Continue reading
In a new essay, Martin Gurri writes, Post-truth, as I define it, signifies a moment of sharply divergent perspectives on every subject or event, without a trusted authority in the room to settle the matter. A telling symptom is that … Continue reading
1. Kling and Gurri (self-recommending). 2. In a podcast with Jeff Schechtman, Martin Gurri said, So there’s existential meaning that people try to extract from politics in a very utopian way. I am of course one who believes that you … Continue reading
Theodore Dalrymple writes, I do not, however, think that so large a proportion of the French public supports the strikers because it is unaware of the underlying realities of the situation. I think they support the strikers because of a … Continue reading
Was 2019 the year of Martin Gurri? Consider the list of countries where protests took place, as he points out in a review post. when the whole world is watching, a local demand for political change can start to go … Continue reading
The NYT reports, In that pre-social media era, activists had to spend years mobilizing through community outreach and organization-building. Activists met near daily to drill, strategize and hash out disagreements. But those tasks made the movement more durable, ensuring it … Continue reading
After attending a conference, he wrote, The conference organizers got our predicament right. At every level of contemporary social and political life, we are stuck in the muck of a profound crisis of authority. The mass audience of the twentieth … Continue reading
Matthew B. Crawford writes, Among those ensconced in powerful institutions, the view seems to be that the breakdown of trust in establishment voices is caused by the proliferation of unauthorized voices on the internet. But the causal arrow surely goes … Continue reading
He writes, I am concerned with the public’s temper rather than the policy trimmings of the elites. And the public never takes yes for an answer. Does anyone suppose that OWS protesters were satisfied with regulations ordained from the top … Continue reading