Henry Farrell posted what’s below in mid-April at his substack, Programmable Mutter. He added on a comment later in the month, noting that the post has been “getting around a bit.” He welcomed republication…
In other words: this article is effectively open source, put out there for everyone of good faith to do with as they see fit; the good ideas in it aren’t really mine, anyway.
This is a post I’ve been thinking about for a long time, for quite different reasons than the reasons I’m writing now. Why it is useful — perhaps — is that we need, right at the moment, to think very clearly about how power is won or lost. Below is one way of doing this (there are certainly other useful ways).