Comment on Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.

• fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would really like it if we could at least try some other non-violent strategies first, but that's just me.

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  • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have you been living under a rock

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    • fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, which is why I would like to at least try some other ideas before violence. Because violence doesn't seem to be doing a lot of anyone any good, historically or presently.

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      • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s literally what this entire post is talking about, though… I’m not saying violence is necessarily the answer, but we’ve been trying nonviolent methods, and they aren’t working

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  • Uranium3006@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have, that's the problem

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    • fiat_lux@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We have tried some non-violent methods. It may not be the non-violent part that is causing them to be ineffective. It is possible to modify the tactics before abandoning peace.

      We have also tried the violent option for instigating social change thousands of years. I am not convinced that the good to come from those historical examples outweighs the bad, or is even close. I am convinced that people who feel wronged often want equal or greater revenge and it is often targetted really poorly.

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