reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 days agoRule isn't the answer, it's the question, the answer is "Yes"slrpnk.netimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageRule isn't the answer, it's the question, the answer is "Yes"slrpnk.netreallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI’m like 99% sure that “Violence is never the answer” is just yet ever more rich fuck propaganda.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago I’m like 99% sure that “Violence is never the answer” is just yet ever more rich fuck propaganda. “Violence (against the rich) is never the answer!” is what they really mean.
minus-squarepaperemail@links.rockslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoIt’s also very Liberal propaganda. Martin Luther King Jr. protested and he won so peaceful protest works! While of course barely mentioning the Black Panthers and how MLK was suddenly a reasonable alternative to their violent resistance.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoExactly this. The “carrot and stick” strategy doesn’t work without the stick. Every time a nonviolent movement achieves something, it’s because they were seen as the preferable alternative to a more militant contemporary.
I’m like 99% sure that “Violence is never the answer” is just yet ever more rich fuck propaganda.
“Violence (against the rich) is never the answer!” is what they really mean.
It’s also very Liberal propaganda.
While of course barely mentioning the Black Panthers and how MLK was suddenly a reasonable alternative to their violent resistance.
Exactly this. The “carrot and stick” strategy doesn’t work without the stick. Every time a nonviolent movement achieves something, it’s because they were seen as the preferable alternative to a more militant contemporary.