No wonder states rarely solve problems! Their heroin usage is symptom management! /s
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Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
Okay here’s an opinion that’ll get me down voted to oblivion but here goes:
Violence is like symptom management. If you’re hurting, seriously injured etc. get that morphine. But keep using it and it becomes dependency. It’s a short term solution to one specific problem and rarely solves the underlying causes. Unless you can do that, you’ll be back to using violence as symptom management. Only the next time you’ll need more of it, just like heroin.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 20 hours ago
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
That’s an apt metaphor.
wpb@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Famously, the human rights gained by movements using violent tactics, such as the abolitionists, suffragettes, the civil rights movement, the ANC, were all very short-lived. Hollow victories, all.