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What does it mean?
Politics arises from the separation of people and their differing interests or conditions.
In plain terms
Politics happens because people are not all the same.
What can you take from it?
Differences create the need for politics.

Where it applies

  • social movements
  • policy making
  • community organizing

Putting it to work

  • identify grievances
  • build coalitions
  • negotiate differences

Questions to consider

  • Is politics inevitable in any group?
  • How can we reduce alienation?

Another view

Unity and shared goals can sometimes reduce political friction.

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