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Demon Time coming 2024
But did you see what I wrote?
Nonviolent revolutions have the same success rate as violent revolutions. That doesn't mean that violent revolutions "never" succeed.
The basic cut-off is 3.5%. You get more than 3.5% of the population actively involved in revolution (not just moral support, but full-on doing shyt) then you'll probably overthrow the government. That's true whether you're holding guns or not.
It's a lot easier to get 3.5% of the people engaging in revolution when you're not killing people. That's why in the last 100 years especially, nonviolent revolutions have been way more successful than violent ones. South Africa, India, Phillipines, practically the whole Iron Curtain, etc. From 1900 to 2006, violent revolutions succeeded 26% of the time and nonviolent revolutions succeeded 53% of the time, primarily because the nonviolent revolutions attracted a wider base of support more consistently.
But even though the requisite numbers are similar, the aftereffects aren't. WAY more people die in violent revolutions than in nonviolent ones. Over a million guys died freeing Vietnam from France/US, only 7,000 died freeing India from Britain. Afghanistan went to arms against the USSR and won, but they're STILL dying there, whereas Poland had Solidarity to get free from USSR and they chill. I don't remember the exact numbers, but something like 70% of violent revolutions are followed by non-democratic, dictatorial control - that's what happened in Africa. When the guys who win do it by using the same brutality the White man did, then they end up ruing over their people in the exact same way. Different color of master, same results.
That's why I hate this "it's the only thing they understand" bullshyt. No it's not. It might be the only thing that they know now, but it's not the only thing they're capable of understanding. It's just the only thing you're willing to try. Britain was ruthless - look up the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. USSR was the epitome of evil in a lot of people's eyes. White South Africa was ridiculously bad too. And something other than violence still could bring all of them down in the end.
I'm going to bed....