The text describes two ways that may cause social movements to fail: repression and ______, which occurs when the leadership of the movement begins to identify with the targets of social change and starts to work more for them than for the original movement goals.

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Co-optation occurs when the leadership of a social movement starts to identify more with the targets of social change rather than the movement's original goals, leading to a shift in focus and potentially causing the movement to fail.

The Text Describes Two Ways That May Cause Social Movements