this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
654 points (98.7% liked)
Political Memes
7873 readers
2862 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's not necessarily your opponent who has to have a conscience. Sometimes it can be people they depend on.
Like, with Gandhi, the British Empire didn't really have a conscience. But, there were reporters present, and they reported on what happened. The story got out to regular people in Britain, to regular people in India, and to people worldwide. The British empire knew that if they let Gandhi die, India would erupt, other countries would boycott them, etc.
In order for nonviolence to work, you or your allies have to implicitly threaten violence
I don't know, non-violent work strikes can be effective.
I've heard traffic blockades for climate protests classified as violent, i am sure any work strikes could be classified in a similar manner.
Hunger strikes are hard to deal with. They force fed suffragettes, or kicked them out right before they were about to die.
No problem letting Bobby Sands die though.