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cooperation rule (lemmy.world)
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[-] Hubi@feddit.org 87 points 3 days ago

Not sure what the point is here exactly. Every single country that has ever had a revolution had to deal with these things.

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 77 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The point is that if you convince yourself there's no chance of succeeding, then maybe you won't feel so guilty about not even trying.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

Yes let's downplay the US military like it's just any other. No biggie

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 23 points 3 days ago

the military is what the ghandi trap is for. one doesn't defeat them in combat, we be brutalized by them publicly in a way that radicalizes enough of the remaining population that they have to kill everyone in order to prevent the revolution.

so in order for it to work you have to lay the groundwork beforehand teaching people how to have empathy for the victims of systematic violence. in which your enemy isn't the military but propogandists.

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

yes, that's why most revolutions result in dictators.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

ill add that some of their methods are pretty well documented too. and worked multiple times.

[-] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Yes and they had cooperation and a plan and the US population does not have either.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago

Given how messy many revolutions were, i don't think that to have been the case most of the time.

[-] it_depends_man@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

The plan doesn't have to be complex and e.g. the cuban revolution wouldn't have been possible without widespread support from people. Also, relatively un-bloody, comparatively, btw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution single digit thousands on both sides? Bloody enough that everyone probably knows someone affected by two or three degrees separation, but besides that?

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