• CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    MLK, Mandela and Gandhi got results, not because they appealed to morals, but because they were alternatives to violent uprisings.

    Mandela was also literally the head of a paramilitary revolutionary force

    The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a violent coup and completely destroyed the lives of millions of people, it’s probably the most destructive event in the history of humanity apart from wars and the Holocaust

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      2 days ago

      MLK, Mandela and Gandhi got results, not because they appealed to morals, but because they were alternatives to violent uprisings.

      What alternative method did they present, again?

      The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a violent coup and completely destroyed the lives of millions of people, it’s probably the most destructive event in the history of humanity apart from wars and the Holocaust

      Jesus fucking Christ.

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        Jesus fucking Christ.

        Holy moly! I never looked at it that way! Thanks!