• gravitas_deficiency
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    1 month ago

    I’m just still baffled at how so many people seem to think the same old counter-strategies are going to work in the context of “we’re turning into a fascist/kakistocratic state”. Remember: MLK only succeeded because Malcom X was the alternative, and the powers that be recognized that.

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      1 month ago

      until he started speaking out about poverty and the war dead on both sides of the color spectrum.

      then MLK got assasinated.

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        1 month ago

        My point is that nonviolent protest movements tend to be more successful when there’s an “or else…”, implicit or otherwise.