MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square399fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down1317cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1861arrow-down1external-linkYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comMolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square399fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours ago People opposed the pointless war whose only winners were Exxo n Mobil. People voted the party who started the war out of power. The opposition party withdrew from the region.
minus-squareNSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agodoesn’t sound like the protest had any impact. sounds like the votes were the only thing that mattered.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 hours agoBy that logic no protest has ever had any impact. You sound like a real bootlicker rn.
minus-squareNSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agononviolence protects the state
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 hours agoSo does being anti-protest, bootlicker.
minus-squareNSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours agoI’m not anti protest. I’m challenging the assertion that the Iraq war protests worked.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoYou have challenged the assertion that protests in any way affect the outcome of elections or what choices politicians make.
People opposed the pointless war whose only winners were Exxo n Mobil.
People voted the party who started the war out of power.
The opposition party withdrew from the region.
doesn’t sound like the protest had any impact. sounds like the votes were the only thing that mattered.
By that logic no protest has ever had any impact. You sound like a real bootlicker rn.
nonviolence protects the state
So does being anti-protest, bootlicker.
I’m not anti protest. I’m challenging the assertion that the Iraq war protests worked.
You have challenged the assertion that protests in any way affect the outcome of elections or what choices politicians make.