Sociology / Unit 10 Soc 1802 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"This Movement Started From Nothing, Overnight"
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The idea
Crediting a movement's rise to a spontaneous moment ignores Soc 1800: movements draw on infrastructure and trained leadership predating the trigger.
In practice
A protest that draws national attention overnight often comes from someone with prior organizing training, embedded in a network built earlier.
Where people slip
The misconception treats the visible trigger as the whole cause; trigger and pre-existing organizational capacity both matter to the outcome.
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