Liko81
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I did not by any means do much research on this; this is just some thinking on paper. Feel free to comment as desired.
After thinking about the
* Recognition - A group of people, of any size,realizes the need for a change in some area of the status quo.
* Education/"Preaching" - This group, through words, sends out a message calling for such change.
* Growth - Others hear or read the message, agree with it, and lend their support to the cause.
* Push - The group, having reached significant numbers, turns their voices to the people in power, generally from the ground up, but going over heads if need be. Shows of strength or support become very public, and begin including influential figures.
* Backlash - People in power, or other significant interest groups,do not want change and argue against it. They begin their own education and growth movements counter to the group that wants change.
* Conflict - Once the Pushing and Backlashing sidesare established, Education and Growth is pursued by both sides in order to strengthen their voice, and pushing and backlashing increases. Conflict can be verbal, political or physical.
* Limited Change - The powers that be, hoping to appease both sides and generally after some very public occurrence that sways popular opinion, call for small changes to the status quo. This could be an acceptable solution to both sides, or one or both sides could say it is unacceptable. Either way, the group calling for change is at this point making actual progress in achieving their goals.
* Full Change - People in power, afraid of losing popular support in the face of a large movement acting for change, call for those under him to take action to make all the requested changes.
* Unacceptance - Those responsible for making the changes actually happen are hesitant to change. They may disagree with the idea behind the changes, or think the changes will be too difficult. Though policy changes, it is largely ignored.
* Limited acceptance - Through further action by the group and now the people in power, those who implement policy are encouraged or downright forced to make the called-for changes. Resistance can still be strong in some places, while it begins happening very rapidly in others.
* Full acceptance - The changes are now part of the new status quo, fully implemented at all levels of government and society. Resistance is disapproved of and thus minor. However, this can lead to the cycle starting over going the other way, pushing for a return to "the good old days".
These stages are by no means static or sequential, and are certainly not global in scope. The fact that we have 50 states with 50 differing levels of gun laws and acceptance by enforcers of such laws demonstrates that. But, these stages seem to be evident at least from State to State when looking at various pushes by advocacy groups, such as for civil rights, women's lib, and now for gun rights.
I did not by any means do much research on this; this is just some thinking on paper. Feel free to comment as desired.
After thinking about the
* Recognition - A group of people, of any size,realizes the need for a change in some area of the status quo.
* Education/"Preaching" - This group, through words, sends out a message calling for such change.
* Growth - Others hear or read the message, agree with it, and lend their support to the cause.
* Push - The group, having reached significant numbers, turns their voices to the people in power, generally from the ground up, but going over heads if need be. Shows of strength or support become very public, and begin including influential figures.
* Backlash - People in power, or other significant interest groups,do not want change and argue against it. They begin their own education and growth movements counter to the group that wants change.
* Conflict - Once the Pushing and Backlashing sidesare established, Education and Growth is pursued by both sides in order to strengthen their voice, and pushing and backlashing increases. Conflict can be verbal, political or physical.
* Limited Change - The powers that be, hoping to appease both sides and generally after some very public occurrence that sways popular opinion, call for small changes to the status quo. This could be an acceptable solution to both sides, or one or both sides could say it is unacceptable. Either way, the group calling for change is at this point making actual progress in achieving their goals.
* Full Change - People in power, afraid of losing popular support in the face of a large movement acting for change, call for those under him to take action to make all the requested changes.
* Unacceptance - Those responsible for making the changes actually happen are hesitant to change. They may disagree with the idea behind the changes, or think the changes will be too difficult. Though policy changes, it is largely ignored.
* Limited acceptance - Through further action by the group and now the people in power, those who implement policy are encouraged or downright forced to make the called-for changes. Resistance can still be strong in some places, while it begins happening very rapidly in others.
* Full acceptance - The changes are now part of the new status quo, fully implemented at all levels of government and society. Resistance is disapproved of and thus minor. However, this can lead to the cycle starting over going the other way, pushing for a return to "the good old days".
These stages are by no means static or sequential, and are certainly not global in scope. The fact that we have 50 states with 50 differing levels of gun laws and acceptance by enforcers of such laws demonstrates that. But, these stages seem to be evident at least from State to State when looking at various pushes by advocacy groups, such as for civil rights, women's lib, and now for gun rights.
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