Opposition 2.0

The accolades that big hat has managed to accumulate through the years are numerous and varied.
Some say that one of his biggest achievements has been in managing to fund a revolution movement entirely with the populace-no simple task.

A few weeks ago i stumbled across an interesting description of a change in focus. It involves a move from fighting bush wars to instead a battle for service delivery.

In the past i have lamented about the challenges of peacetime and the complexities of urban warfare, many have come up with innovative strategies that have been used to engage ruling governments.

I also expressed concern about how open revolutions were easier to squash precisely because they were exposed. And that the opposite was much more difficult because this type often forced your foes to think and plan and act clandestinely.

I think that at the heart of these strategies is the issue of disruption. Even if we often laud peaceful protest as a necessity in democracy it also inevitably leads to some agitation. The protester and activist often work with the press to help highlight some problem and if possible get access to a neat little spot on prime time.

Since we are going to assume that the populace comes first, then our battle must be to ensure that they have their needs met and that services they pay for and have earned are un-interrupted.

So when you think about Opposition 2.0 pay close attention to activity that attempts to stop the flow of business, health and security. These will probably be manifestations of fresh expressions of an opposition that must contend with an inability to wage conventional warfare.