A thoughtful post. Getting down to the actual purpose of activism - what it does in the real world - opens up its possibilities beyond what is currently considered "politics." It may be that what we call politics now is a very historically specific phenomenon that will not be relevant in the future, but "creat(ing) ideas that motivate... strangers to break the patterns of their lives and do new, risky collective behaviors" will always be important.
A thoughtful post. Getting down to the actual purpose of activism - what it does in the real world - opens up its possibilities beyond what is currently considered "politics." It may be that what we call politics now is a very historically specific phenomenon that will not be relevant in the future, but "creat(ing) ideas that motivate... strangers to break the patterns of their lives and do new, risky collective behaviors" will always be important.