Hidden Brain Podcast - Part 1

Change makers often have a choice overthrow the old order, perhaps through violence or revolution. Political scientists maria stephan and erica chenewith analyzed hundreds of protest movements around the world that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. They found that violent movements succeeded about one quarter of the time. Non violent movements succeeded twice as often. The campaign for marriage equality told its opponents, look, we share the same values. Instead of force, it disarmed instead of arguing. It coopted instead of shaming. It celebrated.