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History nerd here, can confirm.
If brute force doesn’t work, you’re not doing it enough
Further reading: How Nonviolence Protects the State
I haven’t read it yet but I read another book by that author
To quote the onion, violence is never the answer, if you ignore all of human history.
I thought we were supposed to learn from history and NOT repeat it.
Learn from history and do it better this time
yeah, and although sometimes violence is required sometimes, its best we avoid that.
Violence is not the answer. It is the question, and the answer is YES
Anyone who believes that violence doesn’t solve anything has clearly never paid attention.
Violence leads to counter-violence.
The only thing that will improve something is to put meaning into the world.
Your statement is too vague to convey an actionable suggestion. I’m intrigued by the thought you seem to be hinting at. Would you expand on this, include a recommended method, and reason about why it’s an alternative to violence?
I’m very tired and had a long day so I’ll keep it short:
A lot of people (myself included) have difficulty listening to authorities. But if i can see the deeper meaning and benefit of a rule, it’s easy for me to keep to it. That is what i mean by putting “meaning(ful rules) into the world”.
On the other hand, if somebody gives out commands without explaining the reasoning behind them, i will often complain, revolt or otherwise try to undermine the authority. That is what i mean by “violence leads to counterviolence”.
I hope that was clear enough.
The answer is violence, but to advocate for peace in principle.
Peace and principle… or else
“Violence is bad” statements are in the same vein as “stove is hot”. Both are told to children because they cannot properly gauge the consequeces of using it, but are naive and condescending when told to adults.
Violence is bad but sometimes it’s needed.
A hot stove has it’s uses as well.
“Violence is not the answer” says country that won its place in the world through violence.
The historical record says that if violence isn’t working, you’re just not using enough of it.
The USA would still be a colony of Britain if it wasn’t for a violent revolution.
The USA would still be a native american land if millions of people had not been wiped out by Europeans
The Native Americans would have been much better off if they had simply strangled Columbus and all his crew the moment they made landfall…
I get the humor in what you say, but it’s worth noting that the Native American civilizations were collapsing due to disease brought by earlier European visitors by the time Columbus set sail.
Granted, history probably would’ve been largely the same if Columbus’ expeditions were unsuccessful, given the English, French, Dutch and Spanish appetites for empire building
There’s a saga that is about “what if Columbus arrived to America but never got back to Europe?”. It’s “the tale of the feathered serpent”.
That sounds super neat. When I google it I find these books amongst other more confused seeming results. Is that the right ones or is it something else?
Yeah, I found the same books, and they don’t seem like the right one.
You can say that about almost everywhere white explores showed up
And it’s true!
No it wouldn’t
It’s a double edged sword, because people who you don’t agree with will resort to violence as well. Like the Taliban.
For sane news, that covers important domestic and international news on a daily basis, look at PBS Newshour or Democracy Now on YouTube. Sane. Journalistic. Thoughtful.
Abandon the legacy billionaire media, but don’t abandon journalism.
Violence is not the answer.
Violence is more of a question.
“Do you want to be next? DO YOU?”
“Because you’re a rightfully pissed off woman who had her claim denied and spouted off over the phone, you will now be charged for using terroristic language against a poor, defenseless corporation and your bail is $100,000. But that dude who killed a homeless man on the NYC subway? Well, boys will be boys.”
And the answer is YES! GET THINE AXES KITH AND KIN! WE GOT A DUMBASS TO GO FUCK UP!
