• quetzaldilla@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This is the problem, right here:

    You don’t know how the MLK Jr. protests actually operated.

    Pick up a fucking book about it.

    It was a very complex organized effort centered around litigation, and peaceful protesting protected all the people participating in it.

    Civil disobedience is far more powerful than any violent resistance, because it plays against the fascists’ narrative. There will be a lot of causalities, a lot of pain and sadness, but the more people participate in peaceful protests, the more it raises awareness and grinds the machine to a halt.

    There is no economy if the laborers don’t participate in it.

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      5 days ago

      You have no idea how much I’ve read about the civil rights movement as a whole.

      Fascists don’t need anyone to play into their narrative. They will create it by any means necessary knowing that even if it’s complete bullshit most will do fuck all about it.

      In this country things will be way too far gone before you get enough people to participate to grind the economy to a halt. Some of y’all have way too much faith in your fellow American to do what’s right.

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        5 days ago

        I doubt that, because you are falling for the fascist playbook.

        A) They can make up whatever narrative, but they do need others to play into it because otherwise they just look insane and fascists are incredibly sensitive to mockery.

        B) If you choose violent resistance, it will alienate your fellow Americans unless you can completely protect them from your actions (like Lūîgï).

        C) It takes a really long time for a complacent nation to be convinced that it is worth joining a cause. You need a lot of charismatic and intelligent leaders to convince them, like Bernie, AOC, David, Jasmine, Frost, etc.

        Read. A. Fucking. Book.

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            5 days ago

            If someone told me I needed to read a book about a subject in order to educate myself about the facts, I would ask:

            “What books would you recommend?”

            Because I actually like challenging my ideas.