Bregman's approach to change is intellectual/top-down (deconstructing dominant stories and ideologies), while a different approach is bottom-up (telling counter-narratives that change how people behave)—the tension between these approaches structures different activist strategies.

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Speaker

Rutger Bregman

Evidence Quote

“you you are you're sort of like the intellectual high up in the sky looking down on people... Maybe I my perspective is more from maybe the bottom up”

Source

Yuval Noah Harari & Rutger Bregman: YES Online Conversations— Yuval Noah Harari
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:47:31 AM

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