...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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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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the proverbial talk softly and carry a big stick, as it were. Our first anti austerity protests in portugal were massive (over 1 mil in a single protest), effective - and peaceful. When police used force during a strike, resistance quickly eroded as the goverment quickly 1/
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peddled the narrative of the violent protestor (with undercover cops shit stirring, I might add), dividing and conquering between those who were willing to take it a step further and those who understandably feared for their safety. Further peaceful protestes were toothless 2/2
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