Movement followers provide strength but not its ideas.

Evidence

The foot soldiers of the movement—the many millions of churchgoers who dutifully cast their votes for the movement’s favored politicians, who populate its marches and flood its coffers with small-dollar donations—are the root source of its political strength. But they are not the source of its ideas. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 34

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalism is a political ideology, not a religious creed. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 28; Mass movements radicalize because masses grasp only simple shared ideas — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3106; Strong leadership signals the weakness of the underlying social movement — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 272 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Mass movements radicalize because masses grasp only simple shared ideas #qualifies (0.80) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3106
• Strong leadership signals the weakness of the underlying social movement #qualifies (0.75) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 272