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

SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  eg Ghandi in India succeeded for this reason.

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  • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Our words are backed by nuclear weapons”

    -Mahatma Gandhi, Circa 2010

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    • sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      *The phrase “Gandhi’s words are backed with nuclear” refers to a popular internet meme and in-joke related to the video game “Civilization.” In the game, Mahatma Gandhi, known for his non-violent philosophy in real life, has a tendency to become surprisingly aggressive and develop nuclear weapons in later stages of the game. This has led to the humorous association of his name with nuclear power, despite his actual historical stance. *

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      • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        IIRC that was caused by a buffer underflow, his probability to try to go nuclear was set to literally zero, which was stored in an unsigned int, and in-game policies reduced it further, causing a nuke-maxing ghandi

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    • SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, it gets violent because the power in place provokes it, either directly or inderectly (like not letting people protest).

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