Survey shows a small but significant share of Americans believe in use of force to attain political goals – from both left and right
  • KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Exactly this.

    Non violent mass protests work because the implicit threat is, “make the changes we’re demanding or we’ll drag you out here and beat you to death.”

    MLK was only effective because of the alternative of dealing with Malcolm X.