> Consider, however, that the only folks who can actually make political gains are people that are already in a position of some amount of power and privilege. The basic premise of incremental change is that the kinds of changes that you'd like to see are sustainable via the system you're interacting with.
No, it's not. There is no “basic premise of incremental change”; incremental change is a tactical choice that can be the product of many, radically divergent, premises.
For instance, incremental changes are often supported as both a mitigation strategy and a mechanism of building support (by demonstrating that while superior, the mitigated system that retains core features of the problematic system is unstable, so that a more radical change is needed) by groups seeking, but lacking broad support for, more radical change.
No, it's not. There is no “basic premise of incremental change”; incremental change is a tactical choice that can be the product of many, radically divergent, premises.
For instance, incremental changes are often supported as both a mitigation strategy and a mechanism of building support (by demonstrating that while superior, the mitigated system that retains core features of the problematic system is unstable, so that a more radical change is needed) by groups seeking, but lacking broad support for, more radical change.