• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    12 hours ago

    Civil Disobedience was the peaceful alternative; it is a show of force that only works if it carries the implication of a more violent alternative. Nobody ever won their freedom by appealing to the morality of the oppressor.

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      8 hours ago

      Nope, nope, nope. It is not a show of force, it’s making the society ungovernable, like not paying taxes, growing/making/selling anything to anyone etc. There was no implication of anything more violent. It is not appealing to the morality of the oppressor.

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        7 hours ago

        If that was true, the British would have had their puppets shoot and starve them until they were governable.