I’m seeing a lot of people making unsupported statements that nonviolence doesn’t work despite it having a better track record than more violent methods. Multiple repressive governments have been removed through nonviolent means. Wikipedia has an entire article dedicated to successful nonviolent revolutions.
Originally Posted By u/NoAnt6694 At 2025-08-05 06:11:35 PM | Source
maybe you, hypothetical reader, like many people, have personally engaged in nonviolent anti-fash movements in the US over the last 15 years? perhaps heavily invested in them, to the detriment of other career pursuits? looking at the way things have gone, how would you rate the efficacy of the nonviolent movements in the US?
personally think they haven’t accomplished or progressed their goals meaningfully, and that feels bad to say about my own work but in my case at least feels like i’ve always just been a community band-aid
MLK was only successful because Malcom X existed and presented a more extreme alternative.
1-2% of the population needs to be willing to engage in violence for the nonviolent movement to have a chance to succeed.
