Political transformations don’t happen because everyone in the party changes their mind. They happen because at some point, a movement within the party builds enough support that a tipping point is crossed, like a tug-of-war where the status quo side finally loses its footing. Supporting the new movement, rather than criticizing it, starts to become the winning political strategy. Momentum keeps building until campaigning for the party’s old values and against the new movement’s values becomes political suicide. Old-school politicians are forced to jump on board with the new values,⬥ switch
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