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What does it mean?
Opposing groups are out of touch with reality and nearing their end due to changing social conditions. Accountability for past wrongs is inevitable.
In plain terms
Those who are outdated do not know it, but the times are changing and consequences are coming.
What can you take from it?
Ignore outdated systems; social shifts make old powers obsolete eventually.

Where it applies

  • labor disputes
  • policy reform
  • social justice

Putting it to work

  • track shifting public opinion
  • prepare for regulatory shifts
  • hold past actors accountable

Questions to consider

  • What signals indicate someone is past their prime?
  • How do we hold power accountable for past sins?

Another view

This relies on long-term trends rather than immediate solutions.

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