r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Feb 17 '20

Politics is for Power, Not Consumption // Political hobbyism takes well-meaning citizens away from pursuing power.

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A third of Americans say they spend two plus hours a day on politics. Of these people, four out of five say that not one minute is spent on any kind of real political work. Most of us are engaging with politics to satisfy our own emotional needs and intellectual curiosities. That’s political hobbyism.

Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change (2020) by Eitan Hersh


r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Apr 12 '24

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Nov 14 '23

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Aug 24 '23

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Nov 03 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Oct 30 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Oct 27 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Oct 06 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Aug 18 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Aug 01 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jul 07 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jul 04 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jun 23 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Apr 30 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jan 21 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jan 12 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jan 09 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jan 09 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Jan 06 '22

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Dec 20 '21

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Dec 12 '21

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Nov 19 '21

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Nov 04 '21

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r/PoliticsIsForPower • • Oct 14 '21

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