To what extent do you think political violence can be justified? From a purely strategic perspective, do you believe tactics like the anarchist ‘propaganda of the deed’ are effective?

@merari42@lemmy.world · 2M

To what extent do you think political violence can be justified? From a purely strategic perspective, do you believe tactics like the anarchist ‘propaganda of the deed’ are effective?

Zloubida · edit-2 2M

Political violence can only create a violent new regime. If you want peace, you have to fight peacefully. Yes it’s harder, but it’s the only way. But peaceful doesn’t mean passive (or law abiding)!

Tiefling IRL · edit-2 2M

Peace doesn’t do shit against literal Nazis. It only enables them to oppress their enemies without opposition.

Zloubida · edit-2 2M

OP didn’t speak about Nazis. It was a general question, with a general answer, of course there are exceptions.

@Guttural@jlai.lu · 2M

What are those exceptions? That’s the real question that needs answering.

@merari42@lemmy.world · 2M

t new regime. If you want peace, you have to fight peacefully. Yes it’s harder, but it’s the only way. But peaceful doesn’t mean passive (or law abiding)!

Oh sometimes, violence works to build peaceful gouvernments after. In Romania political violence created a functioning democracy. Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was executed by the revolutionaries after a 30 minute farce of a trial, but the country is now a democracy for more than 35 years.