Gold, Guns and Ideas.
You have an idea of how the world is wrong and how to make it better. You have an objective to reach or at least a direction that you want to move in. How do you go about making that change a reality?
1. IDEAS - information moves the world. If all media is controlled by status quo preserving forces, how can you fight against that? Simple: create your own media to first gather all like minded people and then educate others.
2. GOLD- money moves the world - you will need resources for all other steps. Political campaigning, legal action... everything needs funding.
3. GUNS - like it or not, you will need force for self defense. Even peaceful activists need to raise the cost of physical attack or intimidation. If your voice can be silenced through violence, you will get nowhere.
Once you have secured these three basic resources you can move on to action. Measure your forces and examine the most productive strategy for incremental gains.
4. Political action - a lot can be achieved through political pressure in democratic countries by an organised minority. Just a few elected representatives can multiply your voice and negotiate advances. Even the threat of backing a different party (when made by a large enough number) can get existing parties to include your demands in their program.
5. Legal action - if there are laws on the books that you can use to defend and advance your ideas... use them! It's expensive but precedent is a strong influence. If the status quo has contradictory laws... make them fight!
6. Disobedience - raise the cost of enforcement for unjust measures. Make sure to plan and measure so that risk incurred is lower than cost created.
7. Economic action - boycott, lobbying and selective spending are very powerful. Most businesses don't have strong ideology and will happily bend to a minority's wishes as long as they have nothing to lose. Organised shareholder pressure is particularly effective.
8. Make noise - the squeaky axle gets the grease. You can be ignored if you don't focus on maximising visibility. If your actions are visible enough they will drive the news cycle and incite discussion of your ideas.
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