Colinxy: The Tyranny of the Motivated Minority - Why Moderates Don’t Drive History

Political culture loves its comforting myths, and none is more persistent than the idea that moderates hold the real power. We’re told that the “sensible centre” keeps society stable, that the majority reins in the extremes, and that the middle ground is where history is written.

But the evidence — historical, psychological, and empirical — points in the opposite direction.