Pol 166
Homework 10
December 12, 2015
"There is a logic to social movements, which brings up the same problems of collective action, namely the free-rider problem. People have an incentive to free-ride as well, if civil rights legislation is passed it will benefit all minority groups affected, but there is still a tendency not to contribute assistance and to allow someone else to do the work of providing this benefit."
This passage from the reading by Olsen is describing the average American. Most people have an opinion on who their political representative should be, but they believe that their voice does not count. As mentioned by Olsen, people tend to "free-ride." In other words, they sit back and relax while others contribute to an action that's going to benefit the whole group. I chose this passage because as part of a minority group and a Muslim I have been in situations where I find myself trying to persuade my fellow minority group to make their voices count and it is their opinions that whatever is going to happen politically will happen whether or not they take a part in fighting for that benefit.
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