My policy advocacy partner and I have been lobbying for education funding and we both know the incremental approach isn't working, but when I suggested we pivot to more confrontational tactics she said I was being irresponsible about our relationships with legislators. We're supposed to present testimony together next week and I don't know if we can represent a coherent position anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
The failure of polite politics can fracture partnerships built on the assumption that reason and relationship are sufficient for change.
“Where Are You with The examined political life?”
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