So I only just found out about this, several months ago in Lancaster UK a group of students complained about the naming of the University nightclub. It was called "Sugar House", the history of the building does actually show it was indeed a house for sugar..
Their problem with this? It's links to slavery and colonialism. Their solution? Rename it! https://thetab.com/uk/lancaster/2021/03/03/a-sign-of-growth-and-a-show-of-respect-bame-students-on-renaming-the-sugarhouse-25315
Reading down that article you would probably notice a severe lack of people who are against renaming it, big controversy y'know? So, the Students union put it up to petition.
Can anyone guess the outcome? https://thetab.com/uk/lancaster/2021/06/18/students-union-nightclub-will-remain-named-the-sugarhouse-after-winning-preferenda-28696?itm_source=parsely-api
I love to think about all those upset students seething about this decision..
This is the key to the whole thing. Right leaning groups protest, right letters, call representatives and receive nothing in response (nothing positive, anyway. They might get laughed at, called cringe, or even arrested). Left leaning groups post something on Twitter, it is turned into an article, and people in power fall all over themselves to accommodate.
The secret is not in the organizational ability, the effectiveness of the pleas, or the size of the crowd. The secret is that left leaning groups are advocating for the changes that the Cathedral already wants.
Yes, this is also why open defiance of the Cathedral is imperative for the right. Yes it will be met with violence occasionally, and also the effort may be dropped temporarily due to the defiance. That gives us time to build anti-parallel institutions.