Jesus. I give up. I can't be any clearer my argument is awful ideas are defeated by better ones, not by violencehttps://twitter.com/apeirophobic/status/901993018156306432 …
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I agree with you btw Helen. But there comes a point when violence is justified, we aren't there yet of course.
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But the more powerful group vwill always win. And a group gets supporters with its ideas.
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Not always. They aren't alway upfront with their ideas. Often they tell the peeps what they want to hear.
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Still ideas. Might not be honestly held but its the ideas that get support.
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But use of unfair tactics like propaganda and media control can make the battle over ideas an unfair fight. Leaving war as inevitable
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But he wouldn't have that control had his ideas been defeated.
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Bangladesh knows the intellectuals don't always win the battle of ideas, it's not guaranteed in the US either with Fox infowars etc.
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No-one claims it is but the dominant ideas have power & this battle must be won on ideas.
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Agreed.
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Or Russian bot army's etc.
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