• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    21 hours ago

    About the only successful peaceful protest was the Iroquois indian sex strike and the American fight to give women the right to vote.

    Lol okay, pal.

    • cy888@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Another famous “success” of peaceful protest was Ghandhi. Britain was bankrupt from WW2. Mountbatten was sent to get rid of India. India was on verge of civil war. Ghandhi was the but the threat of violence was the breakdown of India into chaos. As it stood, the separation of Pakistan from India was so disruptive resulting in decades of war, something that Ghandhi was partially responsible for.