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They weren't armed.

• germinalphrase 4y ago
  Did you read your own source? It specifically calls out 3.5 percent nonviolent protest as 2x more effective than violent protest. In any case, it is far more logically that a core of highly motivated protestors causes sudden political revolution because they represent the unrealized/unstated preferences of a popular majority. I don’t believe this is likely in this situation as that cohort’s displeasure is largely due to mass culture (and associated forms of economic, social influence) moving further and further away from them.