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<h2 id="political-usage">Political usage</h2> <p>The status quo may be changed via <a href="/facts/Social_movement/MMt07XNv">social movements</a>. These seek to alleviate or prevent a particular issue and often to shape social feeling and cultural expression of a society or nation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Advocating to improve the status quo is a persuasive <a href="/facts/Rhetorical_device/SeAhSYdg">rhetorical device</a>. This is sometimes critiqued as a policy of deliberate ambiguity as not formalizing or defining the adverse situation. </p><p>Economist <a href="/facts/Clark_Kerr/vkw3aeqd">Clark Kerr</a> reportedly said: "The status quo is the only solution that cannot be <a href="/facts/Veto/F7oEHNlw">vetoed</a>."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Karl_Marx/CXYTK95X">Karl Marx</a> viewed organized religion as a means for the <a href="/facts/Bourgeoisie/Ho3RUrlA">bourgeoisie</a> to keep the <a href="/facts/Proletariat/pekPRsQd">proletariat</a> content with an unequal status quo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Conservatism/2XdCcPzq">Conservatism</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Shuky%25C5%25AB-ha/QfolwaJP">Shukyū-ha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Status_quo_bias/E2Wxx5IK">Status quo bias</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Status_quo_ante_bellum/dyh47DfW">Status quo ante bellum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Speaker_Denison%2527s_rule/IUpNX2gN">Speaker Denison's rule</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Latin_phrases/AEtMoFf9">List of Latin phrases</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Status_Quo_(Jerusalem_and_Bethlehem)/CAHwWBoU">Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)</a></li></ul> Wikiquote has quotations related to <i>Status quo</i>. Look up <i>status quo</i> or <i>status quo ante</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"status quo". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>C. Michael Botterweck. "Glossary for Sociology 100". academics.triton.edu. Retrieved 8 February 2015. <a href="http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/mbotterweck/glossary.html" target="_blank">http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/mbotterweck/glossary.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"status quo ante". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo%20ante" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo%20ante</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Clark, Pamela (2000). "The Social Climate". The Optimal Environment: Part Four. www.featherpicking.com. Retrieved 2009-03-11. <a href="http://www.featherpicking.com/The%20Social%20Climate.htm" target="_blank">http://www.featherpicking.com/The%20Social%20Climate.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Seymour, Daniel (2015-12-07). Momentum: The Responsibility Paradigm and Virtuous Cycles of Change in Colleges and Universities. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781475821048. <a href="9781475821048" target="_blank">9781475821048</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Religion and Social Control". Boundless Sociology. Boundless. 27 Jun 2014. Archived from the original on Jan 8, 2015. Retrieved 8 Feb 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150108215421/https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/religion-14/the-conflict-perspective-107/religion-and-social-control-596-2095/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150108215421/https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/religion-14/the-conflict-perspective-107/religion-and-social-control-596-2095/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>