Reactionaries act pro-actively while progressives stay reactive

Evidence

What we need to overturn is something that has been the case since before Thatcher’s rise to power — the tendency for reactionary political forces to be pro-active, and for progressives to be reactive. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1697

Categorization

• SEED: Angle for an essay: the structural asymmetry of initiative between left and right and how a discursive hub could invert it.
• XREF: connects to: Progressives must build long-term discursive infrastructure instead of reacting — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1697; Reactionary movements embrace radical change to defend or restore hierarchies. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 334; Progressive causes drop an issue once the conspiratorial right adopts it — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 393

Broader Connections

• Reactionary movements embrace radical change to defend or restore hierarchies. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 334
• Progressives must build long-term discursive infrastructure instead of reacting #qualifies (0.85) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1697
• Progressive causes drop an issue once the conspiratorial right adopts it #exemplifies (0.80) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 393