• @Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    331 day ago

    Exactly this. The “carrot and stick” strategy doesn’t work without the stick. Every time a nonviolent movement achieves something, it’s because they were seen as the preferable alternative to a more militant contemporary.

    • @paperemail
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      718 hours ago

      Exactly. The same goes for implementing social welfare in the face of the Soviet Union and local communist movements.