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[โ€“] Sgarcnl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

When has violence ever been the answer?

To add onto what @bumblebrainbee said, the American revolution, the French revolution, the Russian revolution, the Haitian revolution. The American Civil War, Arab Spring, the Irish War of Independence. Violence has long been an unfortunately necessary tool to better the lives of oppressed people.

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