The only antidote to a violent revolution at this point is that we wage a peaceful one against the corporatist politics that produced so much dysfunction to begin with.
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This isn't meant as snark, but how exactly do you wage peaceful revolution against a violent, unrepentant system? What would that look like?
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Gandhi did it. MLK did it.
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If we look at the world around us and how his image and message have been so thoroughly co-opted and diluted, we can argue that MLK was largely unsuccessful
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Replying to @DreazyBK
That has been since then though. He was extremely successful then! Both the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act were accomplished, dismantling segregation. SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act a few years ago, which is why we are where we are today with voter suppression.

Nov 1, 2022 路 11:24 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Sure but we don't exist then, we exist now. So we're back to the original question. Now, today, in our world, what does a non violent revolution look like? How do you destroy capitalism nonviolently?
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