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[–] 194 points 2 years ago (10 children)

“I’m worried about the fact that violence in the country is just escalating so much,” she says. “That this is a symptom of everyone thinking violence will solve their problems, and that I find tremendously frightening.”

I don't know if violence can solve our problems or not, but I can guarantee that not changing anything, and maintaining the status quo, absolutely will NOT solve our problems, in healthcare or otherwise.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The violent revolutionaries added an "or else" to Ghandi's message.

    I thought in Gandhi's case what he preached was to just not cooperate with the British occupation and let it collapse under its own weight, which is kind of its own or else. Where can I learn more about the violent revolutionaries?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Dunno about the Ghandi situation, but a book that talks about how unions were forced into violence to get their pay from thieving industrial barons, among other examples of violence being the only way people claw back what they're owed from the ruling class is A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago

    I like that even the doctors and professionals they found to interview for the story went out of their way to point out that yes, of course violence isn't a good thing and this probably isn't the way, but he's been hurting people left and right, and they see it every day, and they're glad he's dead, and so is everyone they know.

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