political violence works and is good sometimes actually - eviltoast
  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    I feel like you didn’t listen to anything I said. Let me summarize it for you. Ghandi was one piece of the puzzle to making the brits leave. The other piece was violence, and without the violence part, it wasn’t going to work.

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      You can’t have a successful MLK without a Malcolm X behind him reminding the oppressors of the other option if they don’t compromise with the former.

      • Kindness@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        A good point. However, if violence was all there was, a devastating war would be the end result. The non-violence led the British public to disagree with the military actions.

        A destabilized nation cannot war afar.

        Apologies for butchering The Art of War, I believe the correct quotation includes “disruption at home” though it’s a very fuzzy memory.