Contentious innovation is incremental and endures mainly when it yields real advantage.

Evidence

Within those limits, contenders experiment constantly with new forms in the search for tactical advantage, but do so in small ways, at the edge of well-established actions. Few innovations endure beyond a single cluster of events; they endure chiefly when associated with a substantial new advantage for one or more actors. Over the long run, nevertheless, innovations accumulate into substantial changes of repertoire; the history of contention therefore significantly affects its current operation. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 274

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 274
• XREF: connects to: Power persists through incremental accumulated advantages rather than dramatic ruptures. — Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in…, 8; Competitive advantage from innovation is temporary and forces constant reinvestment — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 125; Most innovations emerge from parallel developments and collective histories — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 681 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Power persists through incremental accumulated advantages rather than dramatic ruptures. #corroborates (0.82) — Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, Blocking the Poor, 8
• Demanding total change can itself sabotage incremental improvement. #qualifies (0.78) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 176
• Competitive advantage from innovation is temporary and forces constant reinvestment #complicates (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 125
• Most innovations emerge from parallel developments and collective histories #expands (0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 681
• Technology develops a self-sustaining momentum beyond its original drivers #complicates (0.71) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 393