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Comment on YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of the country population has ever failed

dom@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Is this why the opposition always tries to escalate the peaceful movement into a violent one?

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Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That, and so they have an excuse to incarcerate or kill the leadership, see: Haymarket 7, Joe Hill, &c

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merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
No, it’s because the opposition is the establishment, and violence is a tool the establishment uses to… well, stay established.

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