• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    7 days ago

    The eastern bloc was mostly dismantled by peaceful protests. So you don’t really seem to know that much about peaceful protests, it can be very effective. Of applied correctly and consistently and not only once in a blue moon. Here are some things for reading for you

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      7 days ago

      Are you saying the Eastern Bloc was more democratic and responsive to public pressure than the liberal democracies of the West?

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    7 days ago

    We’ve been making meaningful changes this way for centuries. Everyone in that timeframe who tried violence ended up in an authoritarian hellscape.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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      yes, meaningful changes towards fascism…

      Progressive change has always had to face violent reactions. From abolition to the 40-hour workday, to child labour, to civil rights, to LGBT rights