Stages of change
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Any desired social or political change must go through several stages before becoming the new status quo. These stages are often lumped together under the heading "how", but the answer to the question "how can we do this" is substantially different depending on which stage(s) one is asking about.
- conception: someone conceives of a goal they find desirable
- logistics: someone conceives of a plan for achieving that goal, given access to the necessary resources
- consensus: there is consensus among those affected (e.g. the governed) that the plan is a good one
- provisioning: those who would implement the plan obtain the resources to do so
- ...either by convincing those in power to implement it, or by a change in regime, or by some intermediate method (e.g. electing people who favor the plan, or gathering resources by some other means)
- implementation: the plan is implemented
- survival: the plan must survive attempts to subvert it