Progressive movements can push political figures leftward in the present
Evidence
Yet progressive movements even in the here and now have the ability to reshape the discussion and push back against racism, thereby impacting what political figures say and even pushing them a little further left, as indicated by the line from progressive movements to the politicians box. For instance, when Florida pastor Terry Jones threatened to burn Qurans, progressive protest movements erupted that pressured political figures to speak out against Jones. No Qurans were burned. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 758
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Connects to the grassroots-vs-elite framing in Milgrom’s work on how populist movements shift institutional equilibria.