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[–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

What a fantasy land you are living in.

Even if you were right about the legal system keeping up (you're not), it is failing so hard is other ways, it doesn't even matter. Do you remember Citizens United where the Supreme Court allowed endless and unchecked amounts of money to flood our political system accelerating us down this path of division? How about SC giving our president complete immunity to do whatever he wants in office? Or the Trump appointed judge that intentionally derailed his prosecutions so no one could hold him accountable? Or how about the SC justice that retired early so his son could get a cushy job in return for Trump being able to appoint another justice? That legal system? Yea, it's functioning great. A real bulwark there.

Secondly, you really believe that was this one series of peaceful protests the ONLY and driving factor behind Indian independence? Not the fact that the British had a failing empire and needed funds to rebuild after WWII? How about the fact that they had their hands full in the middle east and China at the same time? Or that they no longer had the forces, resources or will to contunue to fight the armed resistance in the country? Chalking up a remarkably complex series of events and outcomes to a single factor shows how little you understand about the world.

No one is asking anyone to bleed for anyone. I just don't have blinders on and can see what is coming. I also have a deep enough understanding of history to understand how freedom is obtained and maintained. Sorry that offends you, but it really seems like a personal problem. Have fun with that.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The difference here is that none of what you are writing about is currently relevant: successful non-violent protest is.

    Instead of addressing that, and absolutely avoiding the actual court order I posted with all your larping might, you're diving into the weeds of how we got here, like Citizen's United has anything DIRECTLY to do with choosing as an individual to hold your ground, think it out, and choose your own arena in which to most effectively fight.

    As to the rest, I think what I think because many more educated and reasoned individuals than yourself have already researched the strategy of non-violence in topping unwanted regimes. I don't need a misguided larper to rewrite history for me; I've already studied it, and many better than yourself have offered studied, intelligent analyses of both positions.

    There's a reason non-violence works, and a reason why you keep posting in defense of violence, while accusing me of non-specifics even as you pointedly ignore your own.

    If you wanna get out on the streets and fight ICE, no one is stopping you. But I note you're not. You're posting here to incite others to do it for you.

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