Another famous “success” of peaceful protest was Ghandhi. Britain was bankrupt from WW2. Mountbatten was sent to get rid of India. India was on verge of civil war. Ghandhi was the but the threat of violence was the breakdown of India into chaos. As it stood, the separation of Pakistan from India was so disruptive resulting in decades of war, something that Ghandhi was partially responsible for.
Violence or a credible threat of violence is the only thing that produces change.
Unionizers had to fight mining companies armed with machine guns.
The pinkertons specialized in using violence against unionizers.
MLK succeeded only because of Malcom x. MLKs peaceful protests were peaceful only because of the watchers armed with rifles.
Occupy Wall Street was kettled in the corner and ignored.
About the only successful peaceful protest was the Iroquois indian sex strike and the American fight to give women the right to vote.
Lol okay, pal.
Another famous “success” of peaceful protest was Ghandhi. Britain was bankrupt from WW2. Mountbatten was sent to get rid of India. India was on verge of civil war. Ghandhi was the but the threat of violence was the breakdown of India into chaos. As it stood, the separation of Pakistan from India was so disruptive resulting in decades of war, something that Ghandhi was partially responsible for.
I made refutable statements, please do the same.
Are you aware of the phrase “turtles all the way down”?