Empathy
anger mobilizes - it can provoke short-term action, like attending a protest or signing a petition. But hope organizes. If we want to build lasting movements that transform attitudes, behaviors, and culture (ABC strategy!), we need to organize around a shared goal.
Thomas Coombes • The science of communicating hope
Extremist movements capitalize on this motivational state, empowering those seeking purpose or meaning by connecting them with a community that not only validates their feelings of frustration or insignificance but also offers them a ready explanation for their grievances and ways to reaffirm their social significance – one that promotes... See more
Countering Extremism Directive — Mindbridge
all of this - of which Empathy is the antidote
It's about humanization. And I can't think of another way to imagine how we're going to get out of the crisis of racial hatred if not through the will to humanize." 7
Lessons and Lingerings
great article
While numerous social, economic, and political factors can fuel feelings of insignificance, including actual or perceived societal injustices, social isolation, economic disparity, and threats to one's status among others, all promote feelings of vulnerability. Such vulnerabilities activate a motivational state whereby individuals engage in... See more
Countering Extremism Directive — Mindbridge
it’s the isolation that leads to desire for connection which in turn drives the mimicry - which in turn provides the safe space
When we are in fear mode, our capacity to understand the perspectives of those different from us shuts down. Fear primes us for self-interest.
Thomas Coombes • The science of communicating hope
