POLS 241 Lecture 6: Pols241 Oct. 15 week 6 lec 1docx.docx
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Pols241 oct. 15 week 6 lec 1 (actually 2 but thanksgiving) Thursday 24 october there is no class or office hours. Roles of the opposition continued: 3) to challenge the regimes monopoly of truth, they need to discredit them. Want the people to feel that the regime is failing. Want an opposition that makes people feel that they are not alone. How? ( can"t use violence because that plays right into the regimes rhetoric that there are terrorists) All 3 of these undermine the authority of the regime. Important because people hear and see them: 2) general strikes, 3) any form of expression that shows how the regime can"t keep the streets clean. (challenges the regimes false image of a perfect society) When you have things happening people start to see that the regime isn"t succeeding in brining happiness and modernity.