MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agoYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square446linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down1339cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1891arrow-down1external-linkYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comMolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agomessage-square446linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squaredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down5·11 days agoIs this why the opposition always tries to escalate the peaceful movement into a violent one?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up97arrow-down1·11 days agoThat, and so they have an excuse to incarcerate or kill the leadership, see: Haymarket 7, Joe Hill, &c
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoNo, it’s because the opposition is the establishment, and violence is a tool the establishment uses to… well, stay established.
Is this why the opposition always tries to escalate the peaceful movement into a violent one?
That, and so they have an excuse to incarcerate or kill the leadership, see: Haymarket 7, Joe Hill, &c
No, it’s because the opposition is the establishment, and violence is a tool the establishment uses to… well, stay established.