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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• Nemo@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That, and so they have an excuse to incarcerate or kill the leadership, see: Haymarket 7, Joe Hill, &c

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