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this goes against every revolution in the history books.
by whb07 8y ago
this goes against every revolution in the history books.
- duxup 8y agoEven the unsuccessful? Or the successful ones that just lead to another autocracy?
- crispinb 8y agoUntrue. Read (for example) Erica Chenoweth's detailed empirical work on civil resistance. Nonviolent resistance has a considerably higher real-world chance of success than armed uprising. It also has the huge advantage of leaving behind less collective trauma, giving post-revolutionary society a better chance of sustaining peace.