The Game of Politics, Pursuit of power over people manual | PirateTimes

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      arman bhatia October 1, 2015 at 18:12 · Reply

      Now we get to learn how to put the theory into practice.

      This section is divided into two subsections:
      Mobilizing – how to get yourself and others active for a cause.
      Strategizing – how use your new knowledge of yourself, the other players and the relative positions to create an effective strategy.

      We Pirates want to change the world and the way we have chosen to do it is by changing the system from the inside. That means we have to be aware of the tactics available to us and those that our opponents will use against us. In the real world, politics is Realpolitik (based on power and material factors) and we need to learn to work effectively in that theatre while internally we explore new ways of reaching decisions.

      This little book should be the next book on politics you read; perhaps your first but it should not be your last. There is a section with suggested reading

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