This third-way centrist ultimately loves counterproductive left wingnuts

[mick063]

60. The old guard is stuck in the past.

Their biggest fear is social media. Occupy and Arab Spring were the initial spawn of social media and it is still in it's relative infancy.



DU is a sounding board to hone skills. Links to it can be easily distributed on Face book, Twitter, or email. Ideas can be expanded upon by like minded people. The people here add insight and further references for distribution elsewhere. Further, people that regularly read DU are more likely to be politically active. I consider it a wonderful venue to reach a targeted group.

The old guard will "Pooh Pooh" this. Partly because they can't perish the thought of traditional methods growing obsolete. Partly because they must justify their archaic methods as superior. Partly because they can't bear to think they may be using inefficient methods.

The bottom line is this:

Who do you know that will open up their wallet? Who do you know that is dedicated to a cause? Who do you know that can effectively communicate? Who do you know that can create the "Amway-like" pyramid of consensus building?

The method of reaching them is inconsequential. I consider DU to be an important part of the pyramid.

Carl Sagan once calculated the time to read all of the books in the Library of Congress and concluded that a person could not read them all. Hence, he explained, it isn't a matter of reading them all, but a matter of choosing which books to read.

A great analogy with respect to politics. As for communication, one can't reach all of the people, hence it is important to determine which folks to reach.

No one here, on DU, can blindly determine the "reach" of the people that post here.