term ‘politics prefiguration’ long used describe idea embody aspire to — Rebecca Solnit, Hope Dark

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The term 'politics of prefiguration' has long been used to describe the idea that if you embody what you aspire to, you have already succeeded. That is to say, if your activism is already democratic, peaceful, creative, then in one small corner of the world these things have triumphed. Activism, in this model, is not only a toolbox to change things but a home in which to take up residence and live according to your beliefs, even if it's a temporary and local place…

Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark

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