If you are talking about overthrowing states I can understand why you would think this but actually the goals of violent and nonviolent opposition are conflicting. Violence seeks to either brutalize or scare the enemies security forces into submission, while non-violence seeks...
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Replying to @CSturgis @NoKnownFuture and
...through public pressure the defection of said security forces through shaming them and robbing the state of legitimacy. You can't both harm and win over a person at the same time. They generate different emotions.
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What we are talking about is group-psychology here. Even if a large portion of the security forces, say 1/3rd are true sadists who care nothing about their country, if the other 2/3 defect they will have no other choice. The truth is though many dictatorships have popular support
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Replying to @CSturgis @NoKnownFuture and
According to Chenoweths study, non-violent revolts are twice as effective as their violent counter-parts. This would probably be greater in the states as their military power is so vast.
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I think that's a reasonable hypothesis, but I don't think the facts bear it out. You may be underestimating just how powerful an influence on human psychology social pressure is. These security forces have to face a community after they get off work, and accumulated condemnation
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My understanding from what I heard of that study (I remember the author talking about it) is that non-violent protests allow for a wider constituency: people of all genders, ages and abilities.
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As I stated earlier, I think if that was the case then the aforementioned study wouldn't show violent flanks have a detrimental effect on non-violent revolts. I agree with the rest of the comment though.
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