[lbo-talk] What government spending?

[Miles Jackson]

On 10/12/2010 11:51 AM, c b wrote:
>
> CB: You basically admit that Shane is correct. The movements didn't
> succeed until the majorities "came around".   You might say all
> movements were _started_ by smaller numbers, but they were achieved,
> done effected  only when the majorities followed the lead of the
> leading groups.
> ________________
>    

No, that's not what the historical record tells us.  After the active 
minority succeeds, the rest of the population conform to the new social 
reality.  The majority support is a result of the success of the 
political movement, not vice versa.

Miles