• non_burglar@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Inefficient ineffective

    Protests don’t work if the governing body has no respect for the voice of the people.

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      4 months ago

      The entire history of civil disobedience begs to differ.

      Protests are how people make the government respect them.

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        4 months ago

        Changing policy? Sure, do it with signcards and gatherings. But when the people do overthrow their oppressors, it is with force of some kind.

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          4 months ago

          Who said that civil disobedience is not force?

          Regardless, we always need a combined arms approach, a … diversity of tactics if you will…